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 * Copyright (C) 2003-2004 TONBELLER AG.
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package net.sf.wcfart.wcf.component;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import net.sf.wcfart.wcf.controller.RequestContext;


/**
 * A Component that may be nested inside another component. It creates an Element instead
 * of a Document node, so multiple Element nodes may be combined in a Document. 
 */
public interface NestableComponent extends Component {
  
  // public Component getOwnerComponent();
  /**
   * returns an Element with ownerDocument == factory.
   */
  public Element render(RequestContext context, Document factory) throws Exception;
}