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.xml; 17 18 import org.w3c.dom.Node; 19 20 /** 21 * This interface must be implemented by classes willing 22 * to provide an XML representation of their current state. 23 * 24 * <p>This interface exists in both Cocoon 1 and Cocoon 2 and to ensure 25 * a minimal compatibility between the two versions.</p> 26 * 27 * <p>Cocoon 2 only objects can implement the SAX-only <code>XMLizable</code> 28 * interface.</p> 29 * 30 * @author <a HREF="mailto:sylvain.wallez@anyware-tech.com">Sylvain Wallez</a> 31 * @author <a HREF="mailto:ricardo@apache.org">Ricardo Rocha</a> for the original XObject class 32 * @version CVS $Id: XMLFragment.java 53978 2004-10-07 14:25:45Z vgritsenko $ 33 */ 34 public interface XMLFragment extends org.apache.excalibur.xml.sax.XMLizable { 35 36 /** 37 * Appends children representing the object's state to the given node. 38 */ 39 void toDOM(Node node) throws Exception; 40 } 41