Simple ErrorHandler doubt

[Karthik Guru]

hi,
Am learning SAX2. I set the validation feature to true. In one of the event call backs i threw an application specific exception wrapped in
SAXParseException.
I have extended DefaultHandler and overridden certain methods.
These include fatalError ,error and warning.
error() is getting called for undeclared elements because i don't have a DTD.
But none of the 3 mehtods got called when i threw my applcn specific exception.
How is the SAX2 parser supposed to behave?
When it encounters SAXException, is it supposed to call our ErrorHandler implementation?.
Then we decide to abort or carry on parsing?
But my fatalError()/ error() is not getting called when an application exception gets thrown.
thanks
karthik

[Karthik Guru]

I was just wondering if this is right?:
Any exception thrown from a event callback terminates the parse(). Errorhandler has nothing to do with it.
Though I might consume a fatalError() which could be stupid, even a normal return from the fatalError() method is treated as a signal to stop parsing.
if this is correct then that probably answers my question. thanks.