code: public void characters(char[] characters, int offset, int length)
          throws SAXException
      {
          if (m_firstTagNotEmitted)
          {
              flush();
          }
  
          m_handler.characters(characters, offset, length);
  
      }
docs: Pass the call on to the underlying handler
  @see org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#characters(char[], int, int)