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/**
* Protocols definitions.
* <p/>
* Protocol implements all methods required to store and restore protocol
* attributes from the database. It also provides a method to create suitable
* communication client.
* <p/>
* Generic <code>HarvestProtocol</code> class provides two abstract
* <code>applyAttributeMap</code> and <code>extractAttributeMap</code> helping
* with protocol serialization. Each concrete protocol has to provide
* implementation of both methods, to be serialized into <i>xml</i> data.
*
* @see com.esri.gpt.catalog.harvest.protocols.HarvestProtocol
*/
package com.esri.gpt.catalog.harvest.protocols;