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package org.apache.ws.commons.schema.extensions; | |
import javax.xml.namespace.QName; | |
import org.w3c.dom.Node; | |
import org.apache.ws.commons.schema.XmlSchemaObject; | |
/** | |
* Interface for the extension deserializer. The purpose of an instance of this is to deserialize the relevant | |
* attribute/element and perhaps generate a desired custom object. This custom object can be stored in the | |
* metadata map of the parent schema object. When to invoke a given deserializer is a decision taken by the | |
* extension registry | |
*/ | |
public interface ExtensionDeserializer { | |
/** | |
* deserialize the given element | |
* | |
* @param schemaObject - Parent schema element | |
* @param name - the QName of the element/attribute to be deserialized. in the case where a deserializer | |
* is used to handle multiple elements/attributes this may be useful to determine the correct | |
* deserialization | |
* @param domNode - the raw DOM Node read from the source. This will be the extension element itself if | |
* for an element or the extension attribute object if it is an attribute | |
*/ | |
void deserialize(XmlSchemaObject schemaObject, QName name, Node domNode); | |
} |