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04: * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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06: * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
07: * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
08: *
09: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10: *
11: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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16: */
17: package org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype;
18:
19: import org.w3c.dom.Element;
20: import org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype.convertor.Convertor;
21:
22: /**
23: * Implementations of this class build a Datatype from an XML description
24: * (a DOM Element).
25: *
26: * <p>These builders should be threadsafe, only one instance of them will be created.
27: *
28: * <p>Implementations may implement Avalon's Composable interface to get access to
29: * other components.
30: *
31: * @version $Id: DatatypeBuilder.java 433543 2006-08-22 06:22:54Z crossley $
32: */
33: public interface DatatypeBuilder {
34: public Datatype build(Element datatypeElement, boolean arrayType,
35: DatatypeManager datatypeManager) throws Exception;
36:
37: public Convertor getPlainConvertor();
38:
39: public Convertor buildConvertor(Element convertorEl)
40: throws Exception;
41: }
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