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package net.sourceforge.cruisecontrol;
import java.io.Serializable;
import org.jdom.Element;
/**
* The Publisher interface is designed to perform any kind of publishing
* after a build occurs. Implementations could include, but are certainly
* not limited to, an XSLTPublisher or an EmailPublisher. Since a publisher
* can perform any task with any data from the build, it makes sense to pass
* the entire build log, which already holds all the information that we have.
*/
public interface Publisher extends Serializable {
/**
* Define the publishing.
*
* @param cruisecontrolLog JDOM Element representation of the main cruisecontrol build log
*/
public void publish(Element cruisecontrolLog) throws CruiseControlException;
/**
* Called after the configuration is read to make sure that all the mandatory parameters
* were specified..
*
* @throws CruiseControlException if there was a configuration error.
*/
public void validate() throws CruiseControlException;
}