code: public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) throws SAXException
    {
  
      if (DEBUG)
        System.out.println("TransformerHandlerImpl#characters: " + start + ", "
                           + length);
  
      if (m_contentHandler != null)
      {
        m_contentHandler.characters(ch, start, length);
      }
    }
docs: Filter a character data event.
  
  @param ch An array of characters.
  @param start The starting position in the array.
  @param length The number of characters to use from the array.
  @throws SAXException The client may throw
  an exception during processing.
  @see org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#characters