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03: * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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05: * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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
15: * limitations under the License.
16: *
17: */
18:
19: package org.apache.tools.ant;
20:
21: /**
22: * Enables a task to control unknown elements.
23: *
24: * @since Ant 1.5
25: */
26: public interface DynamicElement {
27:
28: /**
29: * Create an element with the given name
30: *
31: * @param name the element nbame
32: * @throws BuildException when any error occurs
33: * @return the element created
34: */
35: Object createDynamicElement(String name) throws BuildException;
36: }
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