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/*
    This file is part of Sarasvati.

    Sarasvati 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, either version 3 of the
    License, or (at your option) any later version.

    Sarasvati 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.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with Sarasvati.  If not, see .

    Copyright 2009 Paul Lorenz/Vincent Kirsch
 */
package com.googlecode.sarasvati.load.definition;

import java.util.List;

import com.googlecode.sarasvati.Node;
import com.googlecode.sarasvati.load.GraphFactory;
import com.googlecode.sarasvati.load.GraphLoader;
import com.googlecode.sarasvati.load.ProcessDefinitionTranslator;

/**
 * A CustomDefinition is the result of the translation of a certain external source containing
 * the definition of a process. That external source may contain necessary information to create
 * an {@link Node} with custom attributes, and that custom information is translated into a
 * CustomDefinition through a {@link ProcessDefinitionTranslator}. This CustomDefinition will then
 * in its turn be used by the {@link GraphLoader} to create an {@link Node} through the
 * {@link GraphFactory}.
 * The default kind of external source is an XML file containing <node> tags with <custom> sub-tags.
 */
public interface CustomDefinition
{
  public List