DOMVisitBefore.java

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package org.milyn.delivery.dom;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.milyn.container.ExecutionContext;
import org.milyn.SmooksException;
import org.milyn.delivery.ContentHandler;

/**
 * DOM Visit before events.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:tom.fennelly@gmail.com">tom.fennelly@gmail.com</a>
 */
public interface DOMVisitBefore  extends DOMVisitor {
    /**
     * Visit the supplied element <b>before</b> visiting its child elements.
     *
     * @param element          The DOM element being visited.
     * @param executionContext Request relative instance.
     * @throws org.milyn.SmooksException Element processing failure.
     */
    void visitBefore(Element element, ExecutionContext executionContext) throws SmooksException;
}