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06: * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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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
15: * limitations under the License.
16: */
17: package org.apache.cocoon.forms.binding;
18:
19: import org.apache.excalibur.source.Source;
20:
21: /**
22: * BindingManager declares the factory method that produces actual Bindings.
23: *
24: * @version $Id: BindingManager.java 450255 2006-09-26 23:48:43Z vgritsenko $
25: */
26: public interface BindingManager {
27:
28: /**
29: * Avalon Role for this service interface.
30: */
31: String ROLE = BindingManager.class.getName();
32:
33: /**
34: * Constant matching the namespace used for the Binding config files.
35: */
36: String NAMESPACE = "http://apache.org/cocoon/forms/1.0#binding";
37:
38: /**
39: * Creates a binding from the XML config found at source parameter.
40: * The binding will be cached.
41: */
42: Binding createBinding(Source bindingFile) throws BindingException;
43:
44: /**
45: * Creates a binding from the XML config found at bindingURI parameter.
46: * The binding will be cached.
47: */
48: Binding createBinding(String bindingURI) throws BindingException;
49: }
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