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package org.apache.jackrabbit.core.xml;

import java.util.List;

import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;

/**
 * Content importer. The XML import handlers use this interface to submit
 * the parsed content to the repository. The implementation of this class
 * decides how the content is actually persisted; either through the
 * transient space of a session, or directly into the workspace.
 */
public interface Importer {

    /**
     * Called once at the beginning of the content import.
     *
     * @throws RepositoryException on a repository error
     */
    void start() throws RepositoryException;

    /**
     * Called to start the import of a node. Information about the
     * imported node and all it's properties are passed as arguments.
     * Possible child nodes are imported recursively using this same
     * method until a {@link #endNode(NodeInfo)} call is made with the
     * same node information.
     *
     * @param nodeInfo information about the node being imported
     * @param propInfos information about the properties being imported
     *                  (list of {@link PropInfo} instances)
     * @throws RepositoryException on a repository error
     */
    void startNode(NodeInfo nodeInfo, List<PropInfo> propInfos)
            throws RepositoryException;

    /**
     * Called to end the import of a node. This method is called after
     * a {@link #startNode(NodeInfo, List)} call with the stame node
     * information and after all the possible child nodes have been
     * imported with respective startNode/endNode calls.
     * <p>
     * Just like XML elements, the startNode/endNode calls are guaranteed
     * to be properly nested and complete.
     *
     * @param nodeInfo information about the node being imported
     * @throws RepositoryException on a repository error
     */
    void endNode(NodeInfo nodeInfo) throws RepositoryException;

    /**
     * Called once at the end of the content import.
     *
     * @throws RepositoryException on a repository error
     */
    void end() throws RepositoryException;

}