1 /* 2 * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype; 17 18 import org.w3c.dom.Element; 19 20 /** 21 * Interface for classes that can build ValidationRules from an XML description. 22 * A ValidationRuleBuilder can be Composable. 23 * A ValidationRuleBuilder should be thread safe, only one instance of it 24 * will be created. 25 * 26 * @version $Id: ValidationRuleBuilder.java 30932 2004-07-29 17:35:38Z vgritsenko $ 27 */ 28 public interface ValidationRuleBuilder { 29 public ValidationRule build(Element validationRuleElement) throws Exception; 30 } 31