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package org.apache.batik.bridge;

import org.apache.batik.gvt.RootGraphicsNode;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

/**
 * Interface for bridge classes that operate on Document nodes.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:cam%40mcc%2eid%2eau">Cameron McCormack</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface DocumentBridge extends Bridge {

    /**
     * Creates a <tt>GraphicsNode</tt> according to the specified parameters.
     * This is called before children have been added to the
     * returned GraphicsNode (obviously since you construct and return it).
     *
     * @param ctx the bridge context to use
     * @param doc the document node that describes the graphics node to build
     * @return a graphics node that represents the specified document node
     */
    RootGraphicsNode createGraphicsNode(BridgeContext ctx, Document doc);

    /**
     * Builds using the specified BridgeContext and element, the
     * specified graphics node.  This is called after all the children
     * of the node have been constructed and added, so it is safe to
     * do work that depends on being able to see your children nodes
     * in this method.
     *
     * @param ctx the bridge context to use
     * @param doc the document node that describes the graphics node to build
     * @param node the graphics node to build
     */
    void buildGraphicsNode(BridgeContext ctx, Document doc, RootGraphicsNode node);
}