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package org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype.convertor.Convertor;
/**
* Implementations of this class build a Datatype from an XML description
* (a DOM Element).
*
* <p>These builders should be threadsafe, only one instance of them will be created.
*
* <p>Implementations may implement Avalon's Composable interface to get access to
* other components.
*
* @version $Id$
*/
public interface DatatypeBuilder {
public Datatype build(Element datatypeElement, boolean arrayType, DatatypeManager datatypeManager) throws Exception;
public Convertor getPlainConvertor();
public Convertor buildConvertor(Element convertorEl) throws Exception;
}