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| |
| package org.apache.xerces.tree; |
| |
| import org.w3c.dom.Element; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface defines a factory which can be used by documents |
| * to provide namespace-aware element creation. |
| * |
| * <P> A variety of implementation techniques are possible for this |
| * interface. Among them are compiled-in mappings between element |
| * names and classes, mappings defined in configuration files, ones |
| * derived from the document as it is parsed, and using namespaces |
| * to identify packages to be used with classes whose names correspond |
| * to elements. |
| * |
| * <P> DOM implementations will have constraints on the implementation |
| * classes returned by this factory, typically that they be subclasses |
| * of their implementation base class. |
| * |
| * @see DocumentEx |
| * |
| * @author David Brownell |
| * @version $Revision$ |
| */ |
| public interface ElementFactory |
| { |
| /** |
| * This is like the DOM <em>Document.createElement</em> method, |
| * except that its return type is different. |
| */ |
| public ElementEx createElementEx (String tag); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an element which may be specialized to support application |
| * specific behaviors as associated with the specified namespace. |
| */ |
| public ElementEx createElementEx (String uri, String tag); |
| } |