code: public void characters (String data)
      throws SAXException
      {
          char ch[] = data.toCharArray();
          characters(ch, 0, ch.length);
      }
docs: Add a string of character data, with XML escaping.
  
  <p>This is a convenience method that takes an XML
  String, converts it to a character array, then invokes
  {@link @see org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#characters}.</p>
  
  @param data The character data.
  @exception org.xml.sax.SAXException If a filter
  further down the chain raises an exception.
  @see @see org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#characters