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package org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
/**
* Interface for classes that can build ValidationRules from an XML description.
* A ValidationRuleBuilder can be Composable.
* A ValidationRuleBuilder should be thread safe, only one instance of it
* will be created.
*
* @version $Id$
*/
public interface ValidationRuleBuilder {
public ValidationRule build(Element validationRuleElement) throws Exception;
}