/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2006 Sybase, Inc. and others.
*
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Sybase, Inc. - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jst.pagedesigner.converter;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
/**
* @author mengbo
* @version 1.5
*/
public interface IConverterFactory {
/**
* indicates designer mode
*/
public static final int MODE_DESIGNER = 0;
/**
* indicates preview mode
*/
public static final int MODE_PREVIEW = 1;
/**
*
* @param element
* @param mode
* @return null if this factory don't support this element
*/
public ITagConverter createConverter(Element element, int mode);
/**
* get the URI namespace that this factory support. "null" means this
* factory can be used as default factory.
*
* @return null if this factory don't have a specific URI to support.
*/
public String getSupportedURI();
}