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package org.odftoolkit.simple.form; | |
import org.odftoolkit.odfdom.dom.element.form.FormFormElement; | |
import org.odftoolkit.odfdom.dom.element.office.OfficeFormsElement; | |
/** | |
* FormProvider provides the methods to create and get form instance in a way | |
* that is implementation-independent. | |
* | |
* @since 0.8 | |
*/ | |
public interface FormProvider { | |
/** | |
* Create a form in a way that is implementation-independent. | |
* | |
* @param name | |
* -the form name | |
* @param parent | |
* -the container element of this form | |
* @return a form instance | |
*/ | |
public Form createForm(String name, OfficeFormsElement parent); | |
/** | |
* Get a form instance by a <code>FormFormElement</code> | |
* | |
* @param element | |
* - a <code>FormFormElement</code> | |
* @return a form instance | |
*/ | |
public Form getInstanceOf(FormFormElement element); | |
} |