diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/Common/XMLProcessor.php b/src/Spout/Reader/Common/XMLProcessor.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8a1da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/Common/XMLProcessor.php
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Box\Spout\Reader\Common;
+
+use Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader;
+
+/**
+ * Class XMLProcessor
+ * Helps process XML files
+ *
+ * @package Box\Spout\Reader\Common
+ */
+class XMLProcessor
+{
+    /* Node types */
+    const NODE_TYPE_START = XMLReader::ELEMENT;
+    const NODE_TYPE_END = XMLReader::END_ELEMENT;
+
+    /* Keys associated to reflection attributes to invoke a callback */
+    const CALLBACK_REFLECTION_METHOD = 'reflectionMethod';
+    const CALLBACK_REFLECTION_OBJECT = 'reflectionObject';
+
+    /* Values returned by the callbacks to indicate what the processor should do next */
+    const PROCESSING_CONTINUE = 1;
+    const PROCESSING_STOP = 2;
+
+
+    /** @var \Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader The XMLReader object that will help read sheet's XML data */
+    protected $xmlReader;
+
+    /** @var array Registered callbacks */
+    private $callbacks = [];
+
+
+    /**
+     * @param \Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader $xmlReader XMLReader object
+     */
+    public function __construct($xmlReader)
+    {
+        $this->xmlReader = $xmlReader;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $nodeName A callback may be triggered when a node with this name is read
+     * @param int $nodeType Type of the node [NODE_TYPE_START || NODE_TYPE_END]
+     * @param callable $callback Callback to execute when the read node has the given name and type
+     * @return XMLProcessor
+     */
+    public function registerCallback($nodeName, $nodeType, $callback)
+    {
+        $callbackKey = $this->getCallbackKey($nodeName, $nodeType);
+        $this->callbacks[$callbackKey] = $this->getInvokableCallbackData($callback);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $nodeName Name of the node
+     * @param int $nodeType Type of the node [NODE_TYPE_START || NODE_TYPE_END]
+     * @return string Key used to store the associated callback
+     */
+    private function getCallbackKey($nodeName, $nodeType)
+    {
+        return "$nodeName$nodeType";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Because the callback can be a "protected" function, we don't want to use call_user_func() directly
+     * but instead invoke the callback using Reflection. This allows the invocation of "protected" functions.
+     * Since some functions can be called a lot, we pre-process the callback to only return the elements that
+     * will be needed to invoke the callback later.
+     *
+     * @param callable $callback Array reference to a callback: [OBJECT, METHOD_NAME]
+     * @return array Associative array containing the elements needed to invoke the callback using Reflection
+     */
+    private function getInvokableCallbackData($callback)
+    {
+        $callbackObject = $callback[0];
+        $callbackMethodName = $callback[1];
+        $reflectionMethod = new \ReflectionMethod(get_class($callbackObject), $callbackMethodName);
+        $reflectionMethod->setAccessible(true);
+
+        return [
+            self::CALLBACK_REFLECTION_METHOD => $reflectionMethod,
+            self::CALLBACK_REFLECTION_OBJECT => $callbackObject,
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resumes the reading of the XML file where it was left off.
+     * Stops whenever a callback indicates that reading should stop or at the end of the file.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     * @throws \Box\Spout\Reader\Exception\XMLProcessingException
+     */
+    public function readUntilStopped()
+    {
+        while ($this->xmlReader->read()) {
+            $nodeType = $this->xmlReader->nodeType;
+            $nodeNamePossiblyWithPrefix = $this->xmlReader->name;
+            $nodeNameWithoutPrefix = $this->xmlReader->localName;
+
+            $callbackData = $this->getRegisteredCallbackData($nodeNamePossiblyWithPrefix, $nodeNameWithoutPrefix, $nodeType);
+
+            if ($callbackData !== null) {
+                $callbackResponse = $this->invokeCallback($callbackData, [$this->xmlReader]);
+
+                if ($callbackResponse === self::PROCESSING_STOP) {
+                    // stop reading
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $nodeNamePossiblyWithPrefix Name of the node, possibly prefixed
+     * @param string $nodeNameWithoutPrefix Name of the same node, un-prefixed
+     * @param int $nodeType Type of the node [NODE_TYPE_START || NODE_TYPE_END]
+     * @return array|null Callback data to be used for execution when a node of the given name/type is read or NULL if none found
+     */
+    private function getRegisteredCallbackData($nodeNamePossiblyWithPrefix, $nodeNameWithoutPrefix, $nodeType)
+    {
+        // With prefixed nodes, we should match if (by order of preference):
+        //  1. the callback was registered with the prefixed node name (e.g. "x:worksheet")
+        //  2. the callback was registered with the un-prefixed node name (e.g. "worksheet")
+        $callbackKeyForPossiblyPrefixedName = $this->getCallbackKey($nodeNamePossiblyWithPrefix, $nodeType);
+        $callbackKeyForUnPrefixedName = $this->getCallbackKey($nodeNameWithoutPrefix, $nodeType);
+        $hasPrefix = ($nodeNamePossiblyWithPrefix !== $nodeNameWithoutPrefix);
+
+        $callbackKeyToUse = $callbackKeyForUnPrefixedName;
+        if ($hasPrefix && isset($this->callbacks[$callbackKeyForPossiblyPrefixedName])) {
+            $callbackKeyToUse = $callbackKeyForPossiblyPrefixedName;
+        }
+
+        // Using isset here because it is way faster than array_key_exists...
+        return isset($this->callbacks[$callbackKeyToUse]) ? $this->callbacks[$callbackKeyToUse] : null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $callbackData Associative array containing data to invoke the callback using Reflection
+     * @param array $args Arguments to pass to the callback
+     * @return int Callback response
+     */
+    private function invokeCallback($callbackData, $args)
+    {
+        $reflectionMethod = $callbackData[self::CALLBACK_REFLECTION_METHOD];
+        $callbackObject = $callbackData[self::CALLBACK_REFLECTION_OBJECT];
+
+        return $reflectionMethod->invokeArgs($callbackObject, $args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/ODS/RowIterator.php b/src/Spout/Reader/ODS/RowIterator.php
index cdda704..ca38e05 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Reader/ODS/RowIterator.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/ODS/RowIterator.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use Box\Spout\Reader\Exception\XMLProcessingException;
 use Box\Spout\Reader\IteratorInterface;
 use Box\Spout\Reader\ODS\Helper\CellValueFormatter;
 use Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader;
+use Box\Spout\Reader\Common\XMLProcessor;
 
 /**
  * Class RowIterator
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
     /** @var \Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader The XMLReader object that will help read sheet's XML data */
     protected $xmlReader;
 
+    /** @var \Box\Spout\Reader\Common\XMLProcessor Helper Object to process XML nodes */
+    protected $xmlProcessor;
+
     /** @var bool Whether empty rows should be returned or skipped */
     protected $shouldPreserveEmptyRows;
 
@@ -38,6 +42,9 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
     /** @var bool Whether the iterator has already been rewound once */
     protected $hasAlreadyBeenRewound = false;
 
+    /** @var array Contains the data for the currently processed row (key = cell index, value = cell value) */
+    protected $currentlyProcessedRowData = [];
+
     /** @var array|null Buffer used to store the row data, while checking if there are more rows to read */
     protected $rowDataBuffer = null;
 
@@ -72,6 +79,13 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
         $this->xmlReader = $xmlReader;
         $this->shouldPreserveEmptyRows = $options->shouldPreserveEmptyRows();
         $this->cellValueFormatter = new CellValueFormatter($options->shouldFormatDates());
+
+        // Register all callbacks to process different nodes when reading the XML file
+        $this->xmlProcessor = new XMLProcessor($this->xmlReader);
+        $this->xmlProcessor->registerCallback(self::XML_NODE_ROW, XMLProcessor::NODE_TYPE_START, [$this, 'processRowStartingNode']);
+        $this->xmlProcessor->registerCallback(self::XML_NODE_CELL, XMLProcessor::NODE_TYPE_START, [$this, 'processCellStartingNode']);
+        $this->xmlProcessor->registerCallback(self::XML_NODE_ROW, XMLProcessor::NODE_TYPE_END, [$this, 'processRowEndingNode']);
+        $this->xmlProcessor->registerCallback(self::XML_NODE_TABLE, XMLProcessor::NODE_TYPE_END, [$this, 'processTableEndingNode']);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -122,7 +136,7 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
     public function next()
     {
         if ($this->doesNeedDataForNextRowToBeProcessed()) {
-            $this->readDataForNextRow($this->xmlReader);
+            $this->readDataForNextRow();
         }
 
         $this->lastRowIndexProcessed++;
@@ -148,54 +162,26 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param \Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader $xmlReader XMLReader object
      * @return void
      * @throws \Box\Spout\Reader\Exception\SharedStringNotFoundException If a shared string was not found
      * @throws \Box\Spout\Common\Exception\IOException If unable to read the sheet data XML
      */
-    protected function readDataForNextRow($xmlReader)
+    protected function readDataForNextRow()
     {
-        $rowData = [];
+        $this->currentlyProcessedRowData = [];
 
         try {
-            while ($xmlReader->read()) {
-                if ($xmlReader->isPositionedOnStartingNode(self::XML_NODE_ROW)) {
-                    $this->processRowStartingNode($xmlReader);
-
-                } else if ($xmlReader->isPositionedOnStartingNode(self::XML_NODE_CELL)) {
-                    $rowData = $this->processCellStartingNode($xmlReader, $rowData);
-
-                } else if ($xmlReader->isPositionedOnEndingNode(self::XML_NODE_ROW)) {
-                    $isEmptyRow = $this->isEmptyRow($rowData, $this->lastProcessedCellValue);
-
-                    // if the fetched row is empty and we don't want to preserve it...
-                    if (!$this->shouldPreserveEmptyRows && $isEmptyRow) {
-                        // ... skip it
-                        continue;
-                    }
-
-                    $rowData = $this->processRowEndingNode($rowData, $isEmptyRow);
-
-                    // at this point, we have all the data we need for the row
-                    // so that we can populate the buffer
-                    break;
-
-                } else if ($xmlReader->isPositionedOnEndingNode(self::XML_NODE_TABLE)) {
-                    $this->processTableEndingNode();
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-
+            $this->xmlProcessor->readUntilStopped();
         } catch (XMLProcessingException $exception) {
             throw new IOException("The sheet's data cannot be read. [{$exception->getMessage()}]");
         }
 
-        $this->rowDataBuffer = $rowData;
+        $this->rowDataBuffer = $this->currentlyProcessedRowData;
     }
 
     /**
      * @param \Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader $xmlReader XMLReader object, positioned on a "<table:table-row>" starting node
-     * @return void
+     * @return int A return code that indicates what action should the processor take next
      */
     protected function processRowStartingNode($xmlReader)
     {
@@ -204,14 +190,15 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
         $this->lastProcessedCellValue = null;
         $this->numColumnsRepeated = 1;
         $this->numRowsRepeated = $this->getNumRowsRepeatedForCurrentNode($xmlReader);
+
+        return XMLProcessor::PROCESSING_CONTINUE;
     }
 
     /**
      * @param \Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader $xmlReader XMLReader object, positioned on a "<table:table-cell>" starting node
-     * @param array $rowData Data of all cells read so far
-     * @return array Original row data + data for the cell that was just read
+     * @return int A return code that indicates what action should the processor take next
      */
-    protected function processCellStartingNode($xmlReader, $rowData)
+    protected function processCellStartingNode($xmlReader)
     {
         $currentNumColumnsRepeated = $this->getNumColumnsRepeatedForCurrentNode($xmlReader);
 
@@ -221,7 +208,7 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
         // process cell N only after having read cell N+1 (see below why)
         if ($this->hasAlreadyReadOneCellInCurrentRow) {
             for ($i = 0; $i < $this->numColumnsRepeated; $i++) {
-                $rowData[] = $this->lastProcessedCellValue;
+                $this->currentlyProcessedRowData[] = $this->lastProcessedCellValue;
             }
         }
 
@@ -229,28 +216,34 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
         $this->lastProcessedCellValue = $currentCellValue;
         $this->numColumnsRepeated = $currentNumColumnsRepeated;
 
-        return $rowData;
+        return XMLProcessor::PROCESSING_CONTINUE;
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param array $rowData Data of all cells read so far
-     * @param bool $isEmptyRow Whether the given row is empty
-     * @return array
+     * @return int A return code that indicates what action should the processor take next
      */
-    protected function processRowEndingNode($rowData, $isEmptyRow)
+    protected function processRowEndingNode()
     {
+        $isEmptyRow = $this->isEmptyRow($this->currentlyProcessedRowData, $this->lastProcessedCellValue);
+
+        // if the fetched row is empty and we don't want to preserve it...
+        if (!$this->shouldPreserveEmptyRows && $isEmptyRow) {
+            // ... skip it
+            return XMLProcessor::PROCESSING_CONTINUE;
+        }
+
         // if the row is empty, we don't want to return more than one cell
         $actualNumColumnsRepeated = (!$isEmptyRow) ? $this->numColumnsRepeated : 1;
 
         // Only add the value if the last read cell is not a trailing empty cell repeater in Excel.
-        // The current count of read columns is determined by counting the values in $rowData.
+        // The current count of read columns is determined by counting the values in "$this->currentlyProcessedRowData".
         // This is to avoid creating a lot of empty cells, as Excel adds a last empty "<table:table-cell>"
         // with a number-columns-repeated value equals to the number of (supported columns - used columns).
         // In Excel, the number of supported columns is 16384, but we don't want to returns rows with
         // always 16384 cells.
-        if ((count($rowData) + $actualNumColumnsRepeated) !== self::MAX_COLUMNS_EXCEL) {
+        if ((count($this->currentlyProcessedRowData) + $actualNumColumnsRepeated) !== self::MAX_COLUMNS_EXCEL) {
             for ($i = 0; $i < $actualNumColumnsRepeated; $i++) {
-                $rowData[] = $this->lastProcessedCellValue;
+                $this->currentlyProcessedRowData[] = $this->lastProcessedCellValue;
             }
         }
 
@@ -258,16 +251,20 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
         // then the next row to be processed will be row (N+M).
         $this->nextRowIndexToBeProcessed += $this->numRowsRepeated;
 
-        return $rowData;
+        // at this point, we have all the data we need for the row
+        // so that we can populate the buffer
+        return XMLProcessor::PROCESSING_STOP;
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return void
+     * @return int A return code that indicates what action should the processor take next
      */
     protected function processTableEndingNode()
     {
         // The closing "</table:table>" marks the end of the file
         $this->hasReachedEndOfFile = true;
+
+        return XMLProcessor::PROCESSING_STOP;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/RowIterator.php b/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/RowIterator.php
index 50c4402..4c88ba6 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/RowIterator.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/RowIterator.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader;
 use Box\Spout\Reader\XLSX\Helper\CellHelper;
 use Box\Spout\Reader\XLSX\Helper\CellValueFormatter;
 use Box\Spout\Reader\XLSX\Helper\StyleHelper;
+use Box\Spout\Reader\Common\XMLProcessor;
 
 /**
  * Class RowIterator
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
     /** @var \Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader The XMLReader object that will help read sheet's XML data */
     protected $xmlReader;
 
+    /** @var \Box\Spout\Reader\Common\XMLProcessor Helper Object to process XML nodes */
+    protected $xmlProcessor;
+
     /** @var Helper\CellValueFormatter Helper to format cell values */
     protected $cellValueFormatter;
 
@@ -50,6 +54,9 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
      */
     protected $numReadRows = 0;
 
+    /** @var array Contains the data for the currently processed row (key = cell index, value = cell value) */
+    protected $currentlyProcessedRowData = [];
+
     /** @var array|null Buffer used to store the row data, while checking if there are more rows to read */
     protected $rowDataBuffer = null;
 
@@ -88,6 +95,14 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
         $this->cellValueFormatter = new CellValueFormatter($sharedStringsHelper, $this->styleHelper, $options->shouldFormatDates());
 
         $this->shouldPreserveEmptyRows = $options->shouldPreserveEmptyRows();
+
+        // Register all callbacks to process different nodes when reading the XML file
+        $this->xmlProcessor = new XMLProcessor($this->xmlReader);
+        $this->xmlProcessor->registerCallback(self::XML_NODE_DIMENSION, XMLProcessor::NODE_TYPE_START, [$this, 'processDimensionStartingNode']);
+        $this->xmlProcessor->registerCallback(self::XML_NODE_ROW, XMLProcessor::NODE_TYPE_START, [$this, 'processRowStartingNode']);
+        $this->xmlProcessor->registerCallback(self::XML_NODE_CELL, XMLProcessor::NODE_TYPE_START, [$this, 'processCellStartingNode']);
+        $this->xmlProcessor->registerCallback(self::XML_NODE_ROW, XMLProcessor::NODE_TYPE_END, [$this, 'processRowEndingNode']);
+        $this->xmlProcessor->registerCallback(self::XML_NODE_WORKSHEET, XMLProcessor::NODE_TYPE_END, [$this, 'processWorksheetEndingNode']);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -152,7 +167,7 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
         $this->nextRowIndexToBeProcessed++;
 
         if ($this->doesNeedDataForNextRowToBeProcessed()) {
-            $this->readDataForNextRow($this->xmlReader);
+            $this->readDataForNextRow();
         }
     }
 
@@ -180,55 +195,26 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param \Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader $xmlReader XMLReader object
      * @return void
      * @throws \Box\Spout\Reader\Exception\SharedStringNotFoundException If a shared string was not found
      * @throws \Box\Spout\Common\Exception\IOException If unable to read the sheet data XML
      */
-    protected function readDataForNextRow($xmlReader)
+    protected function readDataForNextRow()
     {
-        $rowData = [];
+        $this->currentlyProcessedRowData = [];
 
         try {
-            while ($xmlReader->read()) {
-                if ($xmlReader->isPositionedOnStartingNode(self::XML_NODE_DIMENSION)) {
-                    $this->processDimensionStartingNode($xmlReader);
-
-                } else if ($xmlReader->isPositionedOnStartingNode(self::XML_NODE_ROW)) {
-                    $rowData = $this->processRowStartingNode($xmlReader);
-
-                } else if ($xmlReader->isPositionedOnStartingNode(self::XML_NODE_CELL)) {
-                    $rowData = $this->processCellStartingNode($xmlReader, $rowData);
-
-                } else if ($xmlReader->isPositionedOnEndingNode(self::XML_NODE_ROW)) {
-                    // if the fetched row is empty and we don't want to preserve it..,
-                    if (!$this->shouldPreserveEmptyRows && $this->isEmptyRow($rowData)) {
-                        // ... skip it
-                        continue;
-                    }
-
-                    $rowData = $this->processRowEndingNode($rowData);
-
-                    // at this point, we have all the data we need for the row
-                    // so that we can populate the buffer
-                    break;
-
-                } else if ($xmlReader->isPositionedOnEndingNode(self::XML_NODE_WORKSHEET)) {
-                    $this->processWorksheetEndingNode();
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-
+            $this->xmlProcessor->readUntilStopped();
         } catch (XMLProcessingException $exception) {
             throw new IOException("The {$this->sheetDataXMLFilePath} file cannot be read. [{$exception->getMessage()}]");
         }
 
-        $this->rowDataBuffer = $rowData;
+        $this->rowDataBuffer = $this->currentlyProcessedRowData;
     }
 
     /**
      * @param \Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader $xmlReader XMLReader object, positioned on a "<dimension>" starting node
-     * @return void
+     * @return int A return code that indicates what action should the processor take next
      */
     protected function processDimensionStartingNode($xmlReader)
     {
@@ -238,11 +224,13 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
             $lastCellIndex = $matches[1];
             $this->numColumns = CellHelper::getColumnIndexFromCellIndex($lastCellIndex) + 1;
         }
+
+        return XMLProcessor::PROCESSING_CONTINUE;
     }
 
     /**
      * @param \Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader $xmlReader XMLReader object, positioned on a "<row>" starting node
-     * @return array
+     * @return int A return code that indicates what action should the processor take next
      */
     protected function processRowStartingNode($xmlReader)
     {
@@ -260,45 +248,58 @@ class RowIterator implements IteratorInterface
             $numberOfColumnsForRow = intval($numberOfColumnsForRow);
         }
 
-        return ($numberOfColumnsForRow !== 0) ? array_fill(0, $numberOfColumnsForRow, '') : [];
+        $this->currentlyProcessedRowData = ($numberOfColumnsForRow !== 0) ? array_fill(0, $numberOfColumnsForRow, '') : [];
+
+        return XMLProcessor::PROCESSING_CONTINUE;
     }
 
     /**
      * @param \Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader $xmlReader XMLReader object, positioned on a "<cell>" starting node
-     * @param array $rowData Data of all cells read so far (key = cell index, value = cell value)
-     * @return array Original row data + data for the cell that was just read (key = cell index, value = cell value)
+     * @return int A return code that indicates what action should the processor take next
      */
-    protected function processCellStartingNode($xmlReader, $rowData)
+    protected function processCellStartingNode($xmlReader)
     {
         $currentColumnIndex = $this->getColumnIndex($xmlReader);
 
         $node = $xmlReader->expand();
-        $rowData[$currentColumnIndex] = $this->getCellValue($node);
-
+        $this->currentlyProcessedRowData[$currentColumnIndex] = $this->getCellValue($node);
         $this->lastColumnIndexProcessed = $currentColumnIndex;
 
-        return $rowData;
+        return XMLProcessor::PROCESSING_CONTINUE;
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param array $rowData Data of all cells read so far (key = cell index, value = cell value)
-     * @return array
+     * @return int A return code that indicates what action should the processor take next
      */
-    protected function processRowEndingNode($rowData)
+    protected function processRowEndingNode()
     {
+        // if the fetched row is empty and we don't want to preserve it..,
+        if (!$this->shouldPreserveEmptyRows && $this->isEmptyRow($this->currentlyProcessedRowData)) {
+            // ... skip it
+            return XMLProcessor::PROCESSING_CONTINUE;
+        }
+
         $this->numReadRows++;
 
         // If needed, we fill the empty cells
-        return ($this->numColumns !== 0) ? $rowData : CellHelper::fillMissingArrayIndexes($rowData);
+        if ($this->numColumns === 0) {
+            $this->currentlyProcessedRowData = CellHelper::fillMissingArrayIndexes($this->currentlyProcessedRowData);
+        }
+
+        // at this point, we have all the data we need for the row
+        // so that we can populate the buffer
+        return XMLProcessor::PROCESSING_STOP;
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return void
+     * @return int A return code that indicates what action should the processor take next
      */
     protected function processWorksheetEndingNode()
     {
         // The closing "</worksheet>" marks the end of the file
         $this->hasReachedEndOfFile = true;
+
+        return XMLProcessor::PROCESSING_STOP;
     }
 
     /**