01: /*
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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.xml;
18:
19: import org.w3c.dom.Node;
20:
21: /**
22: * This interface must be implemented by classes willing
23: * to provide an XML representation of their current state.
24: *
25: * <p>This interface exists in both Cocoon 1 and Cocoon 2 and to ensure
26: * a minimal compatibility between the two versions.</p>
27: *
28: * <p>Cocoon 2 only objects can implement the SAX-only <code>XMLizable</code>
29: * interface.</p>
30: *
31: * @author <a href="mailto:sylvain.wallez@anyware-tech.com">Sylvain Wallez</a>
32: * @author <a href="mailto:ricardo@apache.org">Ricardo Rocha</a> for the original XObject class
33: * @version CVS $Id: XMLFragment.java 433543 2006-08-22 06:22:54Z crossley $
34: */
35: public interface XMLFragment extends
36: org.apache.excalibur.xml.sax.XMLizable {
37:
38: /**
39: * Appends children representing the object's state to the given node.
40: */
41: void toDOM(Node node) throws Exception;
42: }
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