/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 2004-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
* version 2.1 of the License.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*/
package org.geotools.xml.handlers.xsi;
import org.geotools.xml.XSIElementHandler;
import org.geotools.xml.schema.ElementGrouping;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
/**
* <p>
* Allows the developer to avoid instanceof operators when wishing to compress.
* </p>
*
* @author dzwiers www.refractions.net
* @source $URL$
*/
public abstract class ElementGroupingHandler extends XSIElementHandler {
/**
* <p>
* This will compress the given element based on it's type and the parent
* schema, allowing for references to be resolved.
* </p>
*
* @param parent
*
*
* @throws SAXException
*/
protected abstract ElementGrouping compress(SchemaHandler parent)
throws SAXException;
}