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package org.springframework.beans.factory.xml;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
/**
* Base interface used by the {@link DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader}
* for handling custom namespaces in a Spring XML configuration file.
*
* <p>Implementations are expected to return implementations of the
* {@link BeanDefinitionParser} interface for custom top-level tags and
* implementations of the {@link BeanDefinitionDecorator} interface for
* custom nested tags.
*
* <p>The parser will call {@link #parse} when it encounters a custom tag
* directly under the <code><beans></code> tags and {@link #decorate} when
* it encounters a custom tag directly under a <code><bean></code> tag.
*
* <p>Developers writing their own custom element extensions typically will
* not implement this interface drectly, but rather make use of the provided
* {@link NamespaceHandlerSupport} class.
*
* @author Rob Harrop
* @author Erik Wiersma
* @since 2.0
* @see DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader
* @see NamespaceHandlerResolver
*/
public interface NamespaceHandler {
/**
* Invoked by the {@link DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader} after
* construction but before any custom elements are parsed.
* @see NamespaceHandlerSupport#registerBeanDefinitionParser(String, BeanDefinitionParser)
*/
void init();
/**
* Parse the specified {@link Element} and register any resulting
* {@link BeanDefinition BeanDefinitions} with the
* {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry}
* that is embedded in the supplied {@link ParserContext}.
* <p>Implementations should return the primary <code>BeanDefinition</code>
* that results from the parse phase if they wish to be used nested
* inside (for example) a <code><property></code> tag.
* <p>Implementations may return <code>null</code> if they will
* <strong>not</strong> be used in a nested scenario.
* @param element the element that is to be parsed into one or more <code>BeanDefinitions</code>
* @param parserContext the object encapsulating the current state of the parsing process
* @return the primary <code>BeanDefinition</code> (can be <code>null</code> as explained above)
*/
BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext);
/**
* Parse the specified {@link Node} and decorate the supplied
* {@link BeanDefinitionHolder}, returning the decorated definition.
* <p>The {@link Node} may be either an {@link org.w3c.dom.Attr} or an
* {@link Element}, depending on whether a custom attribute or element
* is being parsed.
* <p>Implementations may choose to return a completely new definition,
* which will replace the original definition in the resulting
* {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory}.
* <p>The supplied {@link ParserContext} can be used to register any
* additional beans needed to support the main definition.
* @param source the source element or attribute that is to be parsed
* @param definition the current bean definition
* @param parserContext the object encapsulating the current state of the parsing process
* @return the decorated definition (to be registered in the BeanFactory),
* or simply the original bean definition if no decoration is required.
* A <code>null</code> value is strictly speaking invalid, but will be leniently
* treated like the case where the original bean definition gets returned.
*/
BeanDefinitionHolder decorate(Node source, BeanDefinitionHolder definition, ParserContext parserContext);
}