# StartElementListener

Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  
Summary: [Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/sax/StartElementListener#pubmethods)  

# StartElementListener

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[Kotlin](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/sax/StartElementListener "View this page in Kotlin") \|Java


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StartElementListener
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| android.sax.StartElementListener |

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| Known indirect subclasses [ElementListener](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/sax/ElementListener), [TextElementListener](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/sax/TextElementListener) |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | [ElementListener](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/sax/ElementListener)         | Listens for the beginning and ending of elements.      | | [TextElementListener](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/sax/TextElementListener) | Listens for the beginning and ending of text elements. | |

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Listens for the beginning of elements.

## Summary

|                                                                                                                             ### Public methods                                                                                                                             ||
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| ` abstract void` | ` `[start](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/sax/StartElementListener#start(org.xml.sax.Attributes))`(`[Attributes](https://developer.android.com/reference/org/xml/sax/Attributes)` attributes) ` Invoked at the beginning of an element. |

## Public methods

### start

Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
public abstract void start (Attributes attributes)
```

Invoked at the beginning of an element.

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|                     Parameters                      ||
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| `attributes` | `Attributes`: from the element <br /> |