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16 package org.springframework.webflow.engine.builder.xml;
17
18 import java.io.IOException JavaDoc;
19
20 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException JavaDoc;
21
22 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
23 import org.w3c.dom.Document JavaDoc;
24 import org.xml.sax.SAXException JavaDoc;
25
26 /**
27  * A generic strategy interface encapsulating the logic to load an XML-based document.
28  *
29  * @author Keith Donald
30  */

31 public interface DocumentLoader {
32     
33     /**
34      * Load the XML-based document from the external resource.
35      * @param resource the document resource
36      * @return the loaded (parsed) document
37      * @throws IOException an exception occured accessing the resource input stream
38      * @throws ParserConfigurationException an exception occured building the document parser
39      * @throws SAXException a error occured during document parsing
40      */

41     public Document JavaDoc loadDocument(Resource resource) throws IOException JavaDoc, ParserConfigurationException JavaDoc, SAXException JavaDoc;
42 }
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