RELEASE_2_1_13/src/blocks/woody/java/org/apache/cocoon/woody/datatype/DatatypeBuilder.java

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package org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype.convertor.Convertor;

/**
 * Implementations of this class build a Datatype from an XML description
 * (a DOM Element).
 *
 * <p>These builders should be threadsafe, only one instance of them will be created.
 *
 * <p>Implementations may implement Avalon's Composable interface to get access to
 * other components.
 * 
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface DatatypeBuilder {
    public Datatype build(Element datatypeElement, boolean arrayType, DatatypeManager datatypeManager) throws Exception;

    public Convertor getPlainConvertor();

    public Convertor buildConvertor(Element convertorEl) throws Exception;
}