package-info.java

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/**
 * Protocols definitions.
 * <p/>
 * Protocol implements all methods required to store and restore protocol 
 * attributes from the database. It also provides a method to create suitable
 * communication client.
 * <p/>
 * Generic <code>HarvestProtocol</code> class provides two abstract 
 * <code>applyAttributeMap</code> and <code>extractAttributeMap</code> helping 
 * with protocol serialization. Each concrete protocol has to provide 
 * implementation of both methods, to be serialized into <i>xml</i> data.
 * 
 * @see com.esri.gpt.catalog.harvest.protocols.HarvestProtocol
 */
package com.esri.gpt.catalog.harvest.protocols;