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package org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing;
/**
* SPI interface allowing tools and other external processes to handle errors
* and warnings reported during bean definition parsing.
*
* @author Rob Harrop
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 2.0
* @see Problem
*/
public interface ProblemReporter {
/**
* Called when a fatal error is encountered during the parsing process.
* <p>Implementations must treat the given problem as fatal,
* i.e. they have to eventually raise an exception.
* @param problem the source of the error (never <code>null</code>)
*/
void fatal(Problem problem);
/**
* Called when an error is encountered during the parsing process.
* <p>Implementations may choose to treat errors as fatal.
* @param problem the source of the error (never <code>null</code>)
*/
void error(Problem problem);
/**
* Called when a warning is raised during the parsing process.
* <p>Warnings are <strong>never</strong> considered to be fatal.
* @param problem the source of the warning (never <code>null</code>)
*/
void warning(Problem problem);
}