svn commit: r424695 - /incubator/woden/branches/WODEN-44/src/org/apache/woden/ElementSource.java

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Author: jkaputin
Date: Sun Jul 23 02:17:14 2006
New Revision: 424695

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=424695&view=rev
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Initial commit of ElementSource

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    incubator/woden/branches/WODEN-44/src/org/apache/woden/ElementSource.java

Added: incubator/woden/branches/WODEN-44/src/org/apache/woden/ElementSource.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright 2006 Apache Software Foundation 
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.woden;
+
+/**
+ * This interface represents an XML element information item in a format to 
+ * be interpreted by the Woden implementation. 
+ * It permits different representations of an element to be used as method
+ * arguments or return values without making the Woden API dependent on 
+ * any particular XML parser or XML object model.
+ * 
+ * @author John Kaputin (jkaputin@apache.org)
+ */
+public interface ElementSource {
+    
+    /**
+     * Accepts an Object representing an XML element. The implementation should 
+     * check that it is of a type appropriate for the underlying XML parser or
+     * XML Object model being used (e.g. a DOM Element or AXION OMElement).
+     */
+    public void setSource(Object elem); 
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns an Object representing an XML element, which the caller must
+     * cast to the expected type (e.g. a DOM Element or an AXION OMElement)
+     * 
+     * @return an Object representing the element 
+     */
+    public Object getSource(); 
+    
+    //TODO - other methods for accessing the element's contents?
+   
+}



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