XMLDescriptor.java

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2000-present Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * 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; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 *
 * 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 com.liferay.util.xml.descriptor;

import org.dom4j.Document;
import org.dom4j.Element;

/**
 * @author Jorge Ferrer
 */
public interface XMLDescriptor {

	public boolean areEqual(Element el1, Element el2);

	public boolean canHandleType(String doctype, Document root);

	public boolean canJoinChildren(Element element);

	public String[] getChildrenOrder(Element parentElement);

	public String[] getRootChildrenOrder();

}