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* Copyright (c) 2012 VMware, Inc.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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*
* Contributors:
* VMware, Inc. - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.springframework.ide.eclipse.config.graph.model;
import java.util.List;
import org.eclipse.wst.xml.core.internal.provisional.document.IDOMElement;
/**
* @author Leo Dos Santos
*/
@SuppressWarnings("restriction")
public interface IDiagramModelFactory extends IModelFactory {
/**
* Generates a child model element from an XML input and adds it to the
* collection of children for the given parent model element. This method
* differs from {@link #getChildrenFromXml(List, IDOMElement, Activity)} in
* that it is intended for generating a model element that has no known
* behaviour. Additionally, the XML inputs into this factory method will not
* be scoped to a specific namespace. Implementors must ensure that the
* given XML input has not already generated an existing model element.
*
* @param list collection of model elements
* @param input an XML element to be used as the child model element's input
* @param parent the parent model element
*/
public void getGenericChildrenFromXml(List<Activity> list, IDOMElement input, Activity parent);
}