ml/sax/Attributes.html">Attributes</A>&nbsp;atts)
                  throws <A HREF="../../../../org/xml/sax/SAXException.html">SAXException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Filter a start element event.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/xml/sax/ContentHandler.html#startElement(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, org.xml.sax.Attributes)">startElement</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/xml/sax/ContentHandler.html">ContentHandler</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>uri</CO