01: /*
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03: * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
04: * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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: package org.apache.cocoon.woody.formmodel;
18:
19: import org.w3c.dom.Element;
20:
21: /**
22: * Interface for classes that can build widgets from an XML description.
23: *
24: * <p>These builder classes should be thread safe, only a single instance of them
25: * will be created.
26: *
27: * <p>Implementations may implement Avalon's Composable interface to gain access
28: * to other components.
29: *
30: * @version CVS $Id: WidgetDefinitionBuilder.java 433543 2006-08-22 06:22:54Z crossley $
31: */
32: public interface WidgetDefinitionBuilder {
33:
34: public WidgetDefinition buildWidgetDefinition(Element widgetElement)
35: throws Exception;
36:
37: }
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