svn commit: r642165 - /commons/proper/configuration/branches/configuration2_experimental/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration2/expr/NodeHandlerRegistry.java

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Author: oheger
Date: Fri Mar 28 02:42:09 2008
New Revision: 642165

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=642165&view=rev
Log:
Minor modification of the signature of one of the interface methods

Modified:
    commons/proper/configuration/branches/configuration2_experimental/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration2/expr/NodeHandlerRegistry.java

Modified: commons/proper/configuration/branches/configuration2_experimental/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration2/expr/NodeHandlerRegistry.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/configuration/branches/configuration2_experimental/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration2/expr/NodeHandlerRegistry.java?rev=642165&r1=642164&r2=642165&view=diff
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--- commons/proper/configuration/branches/configuration2_experimental/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration2/expr/NodeHandlerRegistry.java (original)
+++ commons/proper/configuration/branches/configuration2_experimental/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/configuration2/expr/NodeHandlerRegistry.java Fri Mar 28 02:42:09 2008
@@ -68,10 +68,16 @@
      * method is intended for internal processing.
      *
      * @param node the node in question
+     * @param subClasses a flag whether an implementation should try an exact
+     * match with the node class (<b>false</b>) or also take sub classes into
+     * account (<b>true</b>); (Per default a registry will first check whether
+     * a specific node handler is registered for the concrete node class. If
+     * this is not the case, it checks whether the node is derived from a class,
+     * for which a node handler is registered.)
      * @return a <code>NodeHandler</code> that can deal with the passed in
      *         node (can be <b>null</b>)
      */
-    NodeHandler<?> lookupHandler(Object node);
+    NodeHandler<?> lookupHandler(Object node, boolean subClasses);
 
     /**
      * Adds a sub registry to this object. When resolving a