/**
* Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*
*/
package org.waveprotocol.wave.model.document.util;
import org.waveprotocol.wave.model.document.DocumentFactory;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* A document provider implements the following mechanisms for obtaining a
* document:
* <ul>
* <li>{@link #create(String, Map) constructing};</li>
* <li>{@link #parse(String) parsing}; and</li>
* </ul>
*
* @param <D> document type produced
*/
public interface DocumentProvider<D> extends DocumentFactory<D> {
/**
* Creates a document by parsing XML text.
*
* @param text XML text to parse
* @return new document constructed from {@code text}.
*/
D parse(String text);
}