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using System.Xml;
using Spring.Objects.Factory.Config;
namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Xml{
/// <summary>
/// Interface used to handle custom, top-level tags.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>Implementations are free to turn the metadata in the custom tag into as
/// many <see cref="Spring.Objects.Factory.Config.IObjectDefinition"/> as required.
/// </remarks>
/// <author>Rob Harrop</author>
/// <author>Mark Pollack (.NET)</author>
public interface IObjectDefinitionParser
{
/// <summary>
/// Parse the specified XmlElement and register the resulting
/// ObjectDefinitions with the <see cref="ParserContext.Registry"/> IObjectDefinitionRegistry
/// embedded in the supplied <see cref="ParserContext"/>
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <p>
/// This method is never invoked if the parser is namespace aware
/// and was called to process the root node.
/// </p>
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="element">
/// The element to be parsed.
/// </param>
/// <param name="parserContext">
/// TThe object encapsulating the current state of the parsing process.
/// Provides access to a IObjectDefinitionRegistry
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// The primary object definition.
/// </returns>
IObjectDefinition ParseElement(XmlElement element, ParserContext parserContext);
}
}
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