ElementIdentity


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19  
20  package org.netbeans.modules.xml.xam.dom;
21  
22  import java.util.List  ;
23  import org.w3c.dom.Document  ;
24  import org.w3c.dom.Element  ;
25  
26  /**
27   * This class is used by the XDMModel for identification of elements from 2 documents,
28   * by their establised attributes
29   *
30   * @author Ayub Khan
31   */
32  public interface ElementIdentity {
33      
34      public List   getIdentifiers();
35      
36      /* 
37       * add element identifiers like "id" "name", "ref" etc.,
38       *
39       * @param identifier
40       **/
41      public void addIdentifier(String   identifier);
42      
43      /* 
44       * callback for comparing e1 and e2. By default
45       * compares element localnames, then their namespace uri's, followed 
46       * by documents established identifying attributes for comparison
47       *
48       * @param e1
49       * @param e2
50       **/
51      public boolean compareElement(Element   e1, Element   e2, Document   doc1, Document   doc2);
52  }
53
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