/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 2002-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
*
* 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;
* version 2.1 of the License.
*
* 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 org.geotools.xml.impl;
import org.eclipse.xsd.XSDAttributeDeclaration;
import org.eclipse.xsd.XSDElementDeclaration;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
/**
* Factory used to create element handler objects during the processing of an
* instance document.
*
* @author Justin Deoliveira,Refractions Reserach Inc.,jdeolive@refractions.net
*
*
* @source $URL$
*/
public interface HandlerFactory {
/**
* Creates a handler for the root element of a document.
*/
DocumentHandler createDocumentHandler(ParserHandler parser);
/**
* Creates an element hander for a global or top level element in a document.
*
* @param qName The qualified name identifying the element.
* @param parent The parent handler.
* @param parser The content handler driving the parser.
*
* @return A new element handler, or null if one could not be created.
*/
ElementHandler createElementHandler(QName qName, Handler parent, ParserHandler parser);
/**
* Creates a handler for a particular element in a document.
*
* @param element The schema component which represents the declaration
* of the element.
* @param parent The parent handler.
* @param parser The content handler driving the parser.
*
* @return A new element handler, or null if one could not be created.
*/
ElementHandler createElementHandler(XSDElementDeclaration element, Handler parent,
ParserHandler parser);
/**
* Creates a handler for a particular element in a document.
*
* @param attribute The schema component which represents the declaration
* of the attribute.
* @param parent The parent handler.
* @param parser The content handler driving the parser.
*
* @return A new attribute handler, or null if one could not be created.
*/
//AttributeHandler createAttributeHandler(XSDAttributeDeclaration attribute, Handler parent, ParserHandler parser );
}