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08: *
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10: *
11: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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14: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15: * limitations under the License.
16: */
17: package org.apache.cocoon.components.sax;
18:
19: import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component;
20: import org.apache.cocoon.xml.XMLProducer;
21: import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
22:
23: /**
24: * This interfaces identifies classes that deserialize XML data, sending SAX
25: * events to the configured <code>XMLConsumer</code> (or SAX
26: * <code>ContentHandler</code> and <code>LexicalHandler</code>).
27: * <br>
28: * The production of the xml data is started by passing an
29: * the xml information to the <code>deserialize</code>
30: * method.
31: * It is beyond the scope of this interface to specify the format of
32: * the serialized data.
33: *
34: * @author <a href="mailto:cziegeler@apache.org">Carsten Ziegeler</a>
35: * @version CVS $Id: XMLDeserializer.java 433543 2006-08-22 06:22:54Z crossley $
36: */
37: public interface XMLDeserializer extends XMLProducer, Component {
38:
39: String ROLE = XMLDeserializer.class.getName();
40:
41: /**
42: * Deserialize the xml data and stream it.
43: *
44: * @param saxFragment The xml data.
45: */
46: void deserialize(Object saxFragment) throws SAXException;
47:
48: }
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