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package org.apache.cocoon.components.deli;

import com.hp.hpl.deli.Profile;

import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component;
import org.apache.cocoon.environment.Request;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;

import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;

/**
 * A component for providing CC/PP and UAProf support using the DELI
 * library.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:marbut@hplb.hpl.hp.com">Mark H. Butler</a>
 * @version CVS $Id$
 */

public interface Deli extends Component {

    String ROLE = Deli.class.getName();

    /**
     * Convert a profile stored as a vector of profile attributes
     *  to a DOM tree.
     *
     *@param	theRequest	The Request.
     *@return	The DOM tree.
     */
    Document getUACapabilities(Request theRequest)
    throws IOException, Exception;

    Profile getProfile(Request theRequest)
    throws IOException, ServletException, Exception;
}