RELEASE_2_1_13/src/java/org/apache/cocoon/xml/dom/DOMFactory.java

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package org.apache.cocoon.xml.dom;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

/**
 * This interface identifies classes producing instances of DOM
 * <code>Document</code> objects.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:pier@apache.org">Pierpaolo Fumagalli</a>
 *         (Apache Software Foundation)
 * @version CVS $Id$
 */
public interface DOMFactory {
    /**
     * Create a new Document object.
     */
    Document newDocument();

    /**
     * Create a new Document object with a specified DOCTYPE.
     */
    Document newDocument(String name);

    /**
     * Create a new Document object with a specified DOCTYPE, public ID and
     * system ID.
     */
    Document newDocument(String name, String publicId, String systemId);
}