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1 /*
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16 package org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype;
17
18 import org.w3c.dom.Element JavaDoc;
19 import org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype.convertor.Convertor;
20
21 /**
22  * Work interface for the component that manages the datatypes.
23  *
24  * <p>See also {@link Datatype} and {@link DefaultDatatypeManager}.
25  *
26  * @version $Id: DatatypeManager.java 30932 2004-07-29 17:35:38Z vgritsenko $
27  */
28 public interface DatatypeManager {
29     
30     String JavaDoc ROLE = DatatypeManager.class.getName();
31
32     /**
33      * Creates a datatype from an XML description.
34      */
35     Datatype createDatatype(Element JavaDoc datatypeElement, boolean arrayType) throws Exception JavaDoc;
36
37     /**
38      * Creates a validation rule from an XML description. This will usually be used by the
39      * {@link DatatypeBuilder}s while building a {@link Datatype}.
40      */
41     ValidationRule createValidationRule(Element JavaDoc validationRuleElement) throws Exception JavaDoc;
42
43     /**
44      * Creates a convertor based on an XML description.
45      */
46     Convertor createConvertor(String JavaDoc dataTypeName, Element JavaDoc convertorElement) throws Exception JavaDoc;
47 }
48
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