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* Copyright 1999-2004 The 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
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package org.apache.cocoon.xml;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
/**
* This interface must be implemented by classes willing
* to provide an XML representation of their current state.
* <br/>
* This interface exists in both Cocoon 1 and Cocoon 2 and to ensure
* a minimal compatibility between the two versions.
* <br/>
* Cocoon 2 only objects can implement the SAX-only <code>XMLizable</code>
* interface.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:sylvain.wallez@anyware-tech.com">Sylvain Wallez</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:ricardo@apache.org">Ricardo Rocha</a> for the original XObject class
* @version CVS $Id: XMLFragment.java,v 1.2 2004/03/05 13:03:01 bdelacretaz Exp $
*/
public interface XMLFragment extends org.apache.excalibur.xml.sax.XMLizable {
// Now inherited from XMLizable
// /**
// * Generates SAX events representing the object's state
// * for the given content handler.
// */
// void toSAX(ContentHandler handler) throws SAXException;
/**
* Appends children representing the object's state to the given node.
*/
void toDOM(Node node) throws Exception;
}