question: public void startElement ( String namespaceURI , String localName , String qName , Attributes atts ) throws SAXException { try { elemType = ( SaxHandlerBase . ElementType ) elementTypes . get ( localName ) ; if ( gatherMode ) { if ( gatheringElement . gatherElement ( localName , atts ) ) { gatherBuffer . add ( new Object [ ] { elemType , new AttributesImpl ( atts ) } ) ; } } else { if ( elemType == null ) { return ; } elemType . startElement ( atts ) ; } elems . add ( elemType ) ; } catch ( SAXException saxex ) { throw saxex ; } catch ( Exception ex ) { throw new SAXException ( ex ) ; } }
target:  Description of the Method