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package org.apache.cocoon.components.parser;

import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component;
import org.apache.cocoon.xml.XMLProducer;
import org.apache.cocoon.xml.dom.DOMFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * @deprecated The Avalon XML Parser is now used inside Cocoon. This role
 *             will be removed in future releases.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:pier@apache.org">Pierpaolo Fumagalli</a>
 *         (Apache Software Foundation)
 * @version CVS $Id: Parser.java,v 1.2 2004/03/05 13:02:39 bdelacretaz Exp $
 */
public interface Parser extends Component, XMLProducer, DOMFactory {

    String ROLE = Parser.class.getName();

    void setContentHandler(ContentHandler contentHandler);

    void setLexicalHandler(LexicalHandler lexicalHandler);

    void parse(InputSource in) throws SAXException, IOException;

    Document parseDocument(InputSource in) throws SAXException, IOException;
}