code: public void characters(org.w3c.dom.Node node)
          throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
      {
          // remember the current node
          if (m_state != null)
          {
              m_state.setCurrentNode(node);
          }
          
          // Get the node's value as a String and use that String as if
          // it were an input character notification.
          String data = node.getNodeValue();
          if (data != null) {
              this.characters(data);
          }
      }
docs: This method gets the node's value as a String and uses that String as if
  it were an input character notification.
  @param node the Node to serialize
  @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException