diff --git a/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.cpp b/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.cpp
index ccdf7fd4b7a..a59b6f2f4e9 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.cpp
+++ b/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.cpp
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ CNavDTD::CNavDTD() : nsIDTD(), mMisplacedContent(0), mSkippedContent(0), mShared
   mComputedCRC32=0;
   mExpectedCRC32=0;
   mSaveBadTokens = PR_FALSE;
+  mDTDState=NS_OK;
 //  DebugDumpContainmentRules2(*this,"c:/temp/DTDRules.new","New CNavDTD Containment Rules");
 #ifdef  RICKG_DEBUG
   nsHTMLElement::DebugDumpContainment("c:/temp/rules.new","ElementTable Rules");
@@ -542,11 +543,17 @@ nsresult CNavDTD::BuildModel(nsIParser* aParser,nsITokenizer* aTokenizer,nsIToke
       NS_ADDREF(mSink);
       gRecycler=(CTokenRecycler*)mTokenizer->GetTokenRecycler();
       while(NS_SUCCEEDED(result)){
-        CToken* theToken=mTokenizer->PopToken();
-        if(theToken) { 
-          result=HandleToken(theToken,aParser);
+        if(mDTDState!=NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING) {
+          CToken* theToken=mTokenizer->PopToken();
+          if(theToken) { 
+            result=HandleToken(theToken,aParser);
+          }
+          else break;
+        }
+        else {
+          result=mDTDState;
+          break;
         }
-        else break;
       }//while
       mTokenizer=oldTokenizer;
       NS_IF_RELEASE(mSink);
@@ -636,6 +643,7 @@ nsresult CNavDTD::DidBuildModel(nsresult anErrorCode,PRBool aNotifySink,nsIParse
   }
   return result;
 }
+
 /**
  *  This big dispatch method is used to route token handler calls to the right place.
  *  What's wrong with it? This table, and the dispatch methods themselves need to be 
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.h b/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.h
index 3e4d1cf352a..3223b5f595e 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.h
+++ b/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.h
@@ -369,6 +369,18 @@ CLASS_EXPORT_HTMLPARS CNavDTD : public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual PRInt32 GetTopmostIndexOf(eHTMLTags aTagSet[],PRInt32 aCount) const;
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void) { return mDTDState=NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING; }
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.
@@ -520,6 +532,7 @@ protected:
     PRBool              mHasOpenBody;
     PRBool              mHadFrameset;
     PRBool              mHadBody;
+    PRBool              mDTDState;
     nsString            mFilename;
     nsIDTDDebug*		    mDTDDebug;
     PRInt32             mLineNumber;
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.cpp b/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.cpp
index 82b4f2dd5a9..c3b71d1aa6b 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.cpp
+++ b/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.cpp
@@ -478,6 +478,21 @@ nsITokenRecycler* CRtfDTD::GetTokenRecycler(void){
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+ * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+ * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+ * the parser's terminate() method.
+ *
+ * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+ * @param 
+ * @return
+ */
+nsresult  CRtfDTD::Terminate(void)
+{
+  return NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING;
+}
+
 /***************************************************************
   Heres's the RTFControlWord subclass...
  ***************************************************************/
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.h b/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.h
index eb0696245ab..9c5069cfec7 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.h
+++ b/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.h
@@ -338,6 +338,18 @@ class CRtfDTD : public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual nsITokenRecycler* GetTokenRecycler(void);
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void);
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.cpp b/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.cpp
index 7bfbe70f49a..7b131eaec43 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.cpp
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.cpp
@@ -279,6 +279,20 @@ nsITokenRecycler* nsExpatDTD::GetTokenRecycler(void){
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+ * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+ * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+ * the parser's terminate() method.
+ *
+ * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+ * @param 
+ * @return
+ */
+nsresult  nsExpatDTD::Terminate(void)
+{
+  return NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING;
+}
 
 /**
  * Sets up the callbacks for the expat parser      
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.h b/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.h
index b2f018a9e6e..be30df0805c 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.h
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.h
@@ -213,6 +213,18 @@ class nsExpatDTD : public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual PRBool IsContainer(PRInt32 aTag) const;
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void);
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsIDTD.h b/htmlparser/src/nsIDTD.h
index 6bca3fe8b10..080bd169448 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsIDTD.h
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsIDTD.h
@@ -200,6 +200,18 @@ class nsIDTD : public nsISupports {
      */
     virtual PRBool Verify(nsString& aURLRef,nsIParser* aParser)=0;
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void) = 0;
+
 /* XXX Temporary measure, pending further work by RickG  */
     
     /**
@@ -207,6 +219,7 @@ class nsIDTD : public nsISupports {
      * become useful.
      */
     NS_IMETHOD StringTagToIntTag(nsString &aTag, PRInt32* aIntTag) const =0;
+
 };
 
 
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsParser.cpp b/htmlparser/src/nsParser.cpp
index de922574d69..e272ee44d33 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsParser.cpp
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsParser.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ nsParser::nsParser(nsITokenObserver* anObserver) : mCommand(""), mUnusedInput(""
   mTokenObserver=anObserver;
   mStreamStatus=0;
   mDTDVerification=PR_FALSE;
-  mParserTerminated=PR_FALSE;
   mCharsetSource=kCharsetUninitialized;
   mInternalState=NS_OK;
 }
@@ -585,8 +584,11 @@ void nsParser::SetUnusedInput(nsString& aBuffer) {
  *  @return  should return NS_OK once implemented
  */
 nsresult nsParser::Terminate(void){
-  mParserTerminated=PR_TRUE;
-  return NS_OK;
+  nsresult result=NS_OK;
+  if(mParserContext && mParserContext->mDTD)
+    result=mParserContext->mDTD->Terminate();
+  mInternalState=result;
+  return result;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -612,7 +614,12 @@ PRBool nsParser::EnableParser(PRBool aState){
 
   // If we're reenabling the parser
   mParserContext->mParserEnabled=aState;
-  nsresult result=(aState) ? ResumeParse() : NS_OK;
+  nsresult result=NS_OK;
+  if(aState) {
+    result=ResumeParse();
+    if(result!=NS_OK) 
+      result=mInternalState;
+  }
 
   // Release reference if we added one at the top of this routine
   NS_IF_RELEASE(me);
@@ -870,17 +877,20 @@ nsresult nsParser::ParseFragment(const nsString& aSourceBuffer,void* aKey,nsITag
 nsresult nsParser::ResumeParse(nsIDTD* aDefaultDTD, PRBool aIsFinalChunk) {
   
   nsresult result=NS_OK;
-  if(mParserContext->mParserEnabled && !mParserTerminated) {
+  if(mParserContext->mParserEnabled && mInternalState!=NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING) {
     result=WillBuildModel(mParserContext->mScanner->GetFilename(),aDefaultDTD);
     if(mParserContext->mDTD) {
       mParserContext->mDTD->WillResumeParse();
       if(NS_OK==result) {     
         result=Tokenize(aIsFinalChunk);
         result=BuildModel();
+        
+        if(result==NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING) mInternalState=result;
 
-        if((!mParserContext->mMultipart) || (mParserTerminated) || 
+        if((!mParserContext->mMultipart) || (mInternalState==NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING) || 
           ((eOnStop==mParserContext->mStreamListenerState) && (NS_OK==result))){
           DidBuildModel(mStreamStatus);
+          return mInternalState;
         }
         else {
           mParserContext->mDTD->WillInterruptParse();
@@ -928,11 +938,8 @@ nsresult nsParser::BuildModel() {
     }
 
     nsIDTD* theRootDTD=theRootContext->mDTD;
-    if(theRootDTD) {
+    if(theRootDTD)
       result=theRootDTD->BuildModel(this,theTokenizer,mTokenObserver,mSink);
-      if(NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING==result)
-        Terminate();
-    }
   }
   else{
     mInternalState=result=NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_BADTOKENIZER;
@@ -1254,7 +1261,7 @@ nsresult nsParser::Tokenize(PRBool aIsFinalChunk){
           break;
         }
         else if(NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING==result)
-          Terminate();
+          return Terminate();
       }
     } 
     DidTokenize(aIsFinalChunk);
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsParser.h b/htmlparser/src/nsParser.h
index ddbddf64d06..98ca88e9a02 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsParser.h
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsParser.h
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ protected:
     nsIContentSink*     mSink;
     nsIParserFilter*    mParserFilter;
     PRBool              mDTDVerification;
-    PRBool              mParserTerminated;
     nsString            mCommand;
     PRInt32             mStreamStatus;
     nsITokenObserver*   mTokenObserver;
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.cpp b/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.cpp
index 6f108046421..187aed7f3d7 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.cpp
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.cpp
@@ -366,3 +366,17 @@ nsITokenRecycler* CValidDTD::GetTokenRecycler(void){
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+ * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+ * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+ * the parser's terminate() method.
+ *
+ * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+ * @param 
+ * @return
+ */
+nsresult  CValidDTD::Terminate(void)
+{
+  return NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.h b/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.h
index 073cd1167bb..92ef3fef470 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.h
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.h
@@ -231,6 +231,18 @@ class CValidDTD : public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual nsITokenRecycler* GetTokenRecycler(void);
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void);
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.cpp b/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.cpp
index dc22e0b5fcd..7cb0750bf3a 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.cpp
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.cpp
@@ -467,6 +467,21 @@ nsITokenRecycler* CViewSourceHTML::GetTokenRecycler(void){
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+ * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+ * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+ * the parser's terminate() method.
+ *
+ * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+ * @param 
+ * @return
+ */
+nsresult  CViewSourceHTML::Terminate(void)
+{
+  return NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING;
+}
+
 /**
  * Retrieve the preferred tokenizer for use by this DTD.
  * @update	gess12/28/98
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.h b/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.h
index 3f492cd941a..b33ae6540d1 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.h
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.h
@@ -214,6 +214,18 @@ class CViewSourceHTML: public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual PRBool CanContain(PRInt32 aParent,PRInt32 aChild) const;
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void);
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.cpp b/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.cpp
index c8aaedad1af..91d73611a0d 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.cpp
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.cpp
@@ -320,6 +320,21 @@ nsITokenRecycler* CWellFormedDTD::GetTokenRecycler(void){
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+ * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+ * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+ * the parser's terminate() method.
+ *
+ * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+ * @param 
+ * @return
+ */
+nsresult  CWellFormedDTD::Terminate(void)
+{
+  return NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING;
+}
+
 /**
  * Retrieve the preferred tokenizer for use by this DTD.
  * @update	gess12/28/98
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.h b/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.h
index 50023bf491e..613556e19af 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.h
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.h
@@ -216,6 +216,18 @@ class CWellFormedDTD : public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual nsITokenRecycler* GetTokenRecycler(void);
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void);
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.cpp b/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.cpp
index 15b2e62cb1e..6effa49186e 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.cpp
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.cpp
@@ -1556,6 +1556,21 @@ nsITokenRecycler* nsXIFDTD::GetTokenRecycler(void){
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+ * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+ * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+ * the parser's terminate() method.
+ *
+ * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+ * @param 
+ * @return
+ */
+nsresult  nsXIFDTD::Terminate(void)
+{
+  return NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING;
+}
+
 /**
  * Retrieve the attributes for this node, and add then into
  * the node.
diff --git a/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.h b/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.h
index 612074d8a73..cfcb7fc83e6 100644
--- a/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.h
+++ b/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.h
@@ -254,6 +254,18 @@ class nsXIFDTD : public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual PRBool Verify(nsString& aURLRef,nsIParser* aParser);
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void);
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.cpp b/parser/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.cpp
index ccdf7fd4b7a..a59b6f2f4e9 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.cpp
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.cpp
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ CNavDTD::CNavDTD() : nsIDTD(), mMisplacedContent(0), mSkippedContent(0), mShared
   mComputedCRC32=0;
   mExpectedCRC32=0;
   mSaveBadTokens = PR_FALSE;
+  mDTDState=NS_OK;
 //  DebugDumpContainmentRules2(*this,"c:/temp/DTDRules.new","New CNavDTD Containment Rules");
 #ifdef  RICKG_DEBUG
   nsHTMLElement::DebugDumpContainment("c:/temp/rules.new","ElementTable Rules");
@@ -542,11 +543,17 @@ nsresult CNavDTD::BuildModel(nsIParser* aParser,nsITokenizer* aTokenizer,nsIToke
       NS_ADDREF(mSink);
       gRecycler=(CTokenRecycler*)mTokenizer->GetTokenRecycler();
       while(NS_SUCCEEDED(result)){
-        CToken* theToken=mTokenizer->PopToken();
-        if(theToken) { 
-          result=HandleToken(theToken,aParser);
+        if(mDTDState!=NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING) {
+          CToken* theToken=mTokenizer->PopToken();
+          if(theToken) { 
+            result=HandleToken(theToken,aParser);
+          }
+          else break;
+        }
+        else {
+          result=mDTDState;
+          break;
         }
-        else break;
       }//while
       mTokenizer=oldTokenizer;
       NS_IF_RELEASE(mSink);
@@ -636,6 +643,7 @@ nsresult CNavDTD::DidBuildModel(nsresult anErrorCode,PRBool aNotifySink,nsIParse
   }
   return result;
 }
+
 /**
  *  This big dispatch method is used to route token handler calls to the right place.
  *  What's wrong with it? This table, and the dispatch methods themselves need to be 
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.h b/parser/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.h
index 3e4d1cf352a..3223b5f595e 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.h
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/CNavDTD.h
@@ -369,6 +369,18 @@ CLASS_EXPORT_HTMLPARS CNavDTD : public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual PRInt32 GetTopmostIndexOf(eHTMLTags aTagSet[],PRInt32 aCount) const;
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void) { return mDTDState=NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING; }
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.
@@ -520,6 +532,7 @@ protected:
     PRBool              mHasOpenBody;
     PRBool              mHadFrameset;
     PRBool              mHadBody;
+    PRBool              mDTDState;
     nsString            mFilename;
     nsIDTDDebug*		    mDTDDebug;
     PRInt32             mLineNumber;
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.cpp b/parser/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.cpp
index 82b4f2dd5a9..c3b71d1aa6b 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.cpp
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.cpp
@@ -478,6 +478,21 @@ nsITokenRecycler* CRtfDTD::GetTokenRecycler(void){
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+ * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+ * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+ * the parser's terminate() method.
+ *
+ * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+ * @param 
+ * @return
+ */
+nsresult  CRtfDTD::Terminate(void)
+{
+  return NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING;
+}
+
 /***************************************************************
   Heres's the RTFControlWord subclass...
  ***************************************************************/
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.h b/parser/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.h
index eb0696245ab..9c5069cfec7 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.h
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/CRtfDTD.h
@@ -338,6 +338,18 @@ class CRtfDTD : public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual nsITokenRecycler* GetTokenRecycler(void);
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void);
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.cpp b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.cpp
index 7bfbe70f49a..7b131eaec43 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.cpp
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.cpp
@@ -279,6 +279,20 @@ nsITokenRecycler* nsExpatDTD::GetTokenRecycler(void){
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+ * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+ * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+ * the parser's terminate() method.
+ *
+ * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+ * @param 
+ * @return
+ */
+nsresult  nsExpatDTD::Terminate(void)
+{
+  return NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING;
+}
 
 /**
  * Sets up the callbacks for the expat parser      
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.h b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.h
index b2f018a9e6e..be30df0805c 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.h
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsExpatDTD.h
@@ -213,6 +213,18 @@ class nsExpatDTD : public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual PRBool IsContainer(PRInt32 aTag) const;
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void);
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsIDTD.h b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsIDTD.h
index 6bca3fe8b10..080bd169448 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsIDTD.h
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsIDTD.h
@@ -200,6 +200,18 @@ class nsIDTD : public nsISupports {
      */
     virtual PRBool Verify(nsString& aURLRef,nsIParser* aParser)=0;
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void) = 0;
+
 /* XXX Temporary measure, pending further work by RickG  */
     
     /**
@@ -207,6 +219,7 @@ class nsIDTD : public nsISupports {
      * become useful.
      */
     NS_IMETHOD StringTagToIntTag(nsString &aTag, PRInt32* aIntTag) const =0;
+
 };
 
 
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsParser.cpp b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsParser.cpp
index de922574d69..e272ee44d33 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsParser.cpp
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsParser.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ nsParser::nsParser(nsITokenObserver* anObserver) : mCommand(""), mUnusedInput(""
   mTokenObserver=anObserver;
   mStreamStatus=0;
   mDTDVerification=PR_FALSE;
-  mParserTerminated=PR_FALSE;
   mCharsetSource=kCharsetUninitialized;
   mInternalState=NS_OK;
 }
@@ -585,8 +584,11 @@ void nsParser::SetUnusedInput(nsString& aBuffer) {
  *  @return  should return NS_OK once implemented
  */
 nsresult nsParser::Terminate(void){
-  mParserTerminated=PR_TRUE;
-  return NS_OK;
+  nsresult result=NS_OK;
+  if(mParserContext && mParserContext->mDTD)
+    result=mParserContext->mDTD->Terminate();
+  mInternalState=result;
+  return result;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -612,7 +614,12 @@ PRBool nsParser::EnableParser(PRBool aState){
 
   // If we're reenabling the parser
   mParserContext->mParserEnabled=aState;
-  nsresult result=(aState) ? ResumeParse() : NS_OK;
+  nsresult result=NS_OK;
+  if(aState) {
+    result=ResumeParse();
+    if(result!=NS_OK) 
+      result=mInternalState;
+  }
 
   // Release reference if we added one at the top of this routine
   NS_IF_RELEASE(me);
@@ -870,17 +877,20 @@ nsresult nsParser::ParseFragment(const nsString& aSourceBuffer,void* aKey,nsITag
 nsresult nsParser::ResumeParse(nsIDTD* aDefaultDTD, PRBool aIsFinalChunk) {
   
   nsresult result=NS_OK;
-  if(mParserContext->mParserEnabled && !mParserTerminated) {
+  if(mParserContext->mParserEnabled && mInternalState!=NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING) {
     result=WillBuildModel(mParserContext->mScanner->GetFilename(),aDefaultDTD);
     if(mParserContext->mDTD) {
       mParserContext->mDTD->WillResumeParse();
       if(NS_OK==result) {     
         result=Tokenize(aIsFinalChunk);
         result=BuildModel();
+        
+        if(result==NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING) mInternalState=result;
 
-        if((!mParserContext->mMultipart) || (mParserTerminated) || 
+        if((!mParserContext->mMultipart) || (mInternalState==NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING) || 
           ((eOnStop==mParserContext->mStreamListenerState) && (NS_OK==result))){
           DidBuildModel(mStreamStatus);
+          return mInternalState;
         }
         else {
           mParserContext->mDTD->WillInterruptParse();
@@ -928,11 +938,8 @@ nsresult nsParser::BuildModel() {
     }
 
     nsIDTD* theRootDTD=theRootContext->mDTD;
-    if(theRootDTD) {
+    if(theRootDTD)
       result=theRootDTD->BuildModel(this,theTokenizer,mTokenObserver,mSink);
-      if(NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING==result)
-        Terminate();
-    }
   }
   else{
     mInternalState=result=NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_BADTOKENIZER;
@@ -1254,7 +1261,7 @@ nsresult nsParser::Tokenize(PRBool aIsFinalChunk){
           break;
         }
         else if(NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING==result)
-          Terminate();
+          return Terminate();
       }
     } 
     DidTokenize(aIsFinalChunk);
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsParser.h b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsParser.h
index ddbddf64d06..98ca88e9a02 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsParser.h
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsParser.h
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ protected:
     nsIContentSink*     mSink;
     nsIParserFilter*    mParserFilter;
     PRBool              mDTDVerification;
-    PRBool              mParserTerminated;
     nsString            mCommand;
     PRInt32             mStreamStatus;
     nsITokenObserver*   mTokenObserver;
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.cpp b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.cpp
index 6f108046421..187aed7f3d7 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.cpp
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.cpp
@@ -366,3 +366,17 @@ nsITokenRecycler* CValidDTD::GetTokenRecycler(void){
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+ * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+ * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+ * the parser's terminate() method.
+ *
+ * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+ * @param 
+ * @return
+ */
+nsresult  CValidDTD::Terminate(void)
+{
+  return NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.h b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.h
index 073cd1167bb..92ef3fef470 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.h
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsValidDTD.h
@@ -231,6 +231,18 @@ class CValidDTD : public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual nsITokenRecycler* GetTokenRecycler(void);
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void);
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.cpp b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.cpp
index dc22e0b5fcd..7cb0750bf3a 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.cpp
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.cpp
@@ -467,6 +467,21 @@ nsITokenRecycler* CViewSourceHTML::GetTokenRecycler(void){
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+ * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+ * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+ * the parser's terminate() method.
+ *
+ * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+ * @param 
+ * @return
+ */
+nsresult  CViewSourceHTML::Terminate(void)
+{
+  return NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING;
+}
+
 /**
  * Retrieve the preferred tokenizer for use by this DTD.
  * @update	gess12/28/98
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.h b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.h
index 3f492cd941a..b33ae6540d1 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.h
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsViewSourceHTML.h
@@ -214,6 +214,18 @@ class CViewSourceHTML: public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual PRBool CanContain(PRInt32 aParent,PRInt32 aChild) const;
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void);
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.cpp b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.cpp
index c8aaedad1af..91d73611a0d 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.cpp
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.cpp
@@ -320,6 +320,21 @@ nsITokenRecycler* CWellFormedDTD::GetTokenRecycler(void){
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+ * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+ * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+ * the parser's terminate() method.
+ *
+ * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+ * @param 
+ * @return
+ */
+nsresult  CWellFormedDTD::Terminate(void)
+{
+  return NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING;
+}
+
 /**
  * Retrieve the preferred tokenizer for use by this DTD.
  * @update	gess12/28/98
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.h b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.h
index 50023bf491e..613556e19af 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.h
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsWellFormedDTD.h
@@ -216,6 +216,18 @@ class CWellFormedDTD : public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual nsITokenRecycler* GetTokenRecycler(void);
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void);
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.cpp b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.cpp
index 15b2e62cb1e..6effa49186e 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.cpp
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.cpp
@@ -1556,6 +1556,21 @@ nsITokenRecycler* nsXIFDTD::GetTokenRecycler(void){
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+ * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+ * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+ * the parser's terminate() method.
+ *
+ * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+ * @param 
+ * @return
+ */
+nsresult  nsXIFDTD::Terminate(void)
+{
+  return NS_ERROR_HTMLPARSER_STOPPARSING;
+}
+
 /**
  * Retrieve the attributes for this node, and add then into
  * the node.
diff --git a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.h b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.h
index 612074d8a73..cfcb7fc83e6 100644
--- a/parser/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.h
+++ b/parser/htmlparser/src/nsXIFDTD.h
@@ -254,6 +254,18 @@ class nsXIFDTD : public nsIDTD {
      */
     virtual PRBool Verify(nsString& aURLRef,nsIParser* aParser);
 
+    /**
+     * Use this id you want to stop the building content model
+     * --------------[ Sets DTD to STOP mode ]----------------
+     * It's recommended to use this method in accordance with
+     * the parser's terminate() method.
+     *
+     * @update	harishd 07/22/99
+     * @param 
+     * @return
+     */
+    virtual nsresult  Terminate(void);
+
     /**
      * Give rest of world access to our tag enums, so that CanContain(), etc,
      * become useful.