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package org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype.convertor.Convertor;
/**
* Work interface for the component that manages the datatypes.
*
* <p>See also {@link Datatype} and {@link DefaultDatatypeManager}.
*
* @version $Id$
*/
public interface DatatypeManager {
String ROLE = DatatypeManager.class.getName();
/**
* Creates a datatype from an XML description.
*/
Datatype createDatatype(Element datatypeElement, boolean arrayType) throws Exception;
/**
* Creates a validation rule from an XML description. This will usually be used by the
* {@link DatatypeBuilder}s while building a {@link Datatype}.
*/
ValidationRule createValidationRule(Element validationRuleElement) throws Exception;
/**
* Creates a convertor based on an XML description.
*/
Convertor createConvertor(String dataTypeName, Element convertorElement) throws Exception;
}