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This project provides a lightweight framework to serialize/deserialize (or marshall/unmarshall) java objects into XML. The implementation is based on standard SAX (Simple Api for Xml) but it follows a original approach based on the strong data encapsulation paradigm of Object Oriented (OO) programming.

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 Copyright 2006 Olivier Berlanger

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package net.sf.xolite;


/**
 * Interface for a factory able to create Objects corresponding to a given XML element (or attribute).
 */
public interface XMLObjectFactory {


    /**
     * Create an object corresponding to the XML element of the given name.
     * 
     * @param namespaceUri
     *            the namespace URI of the XML element.
     * @param localName
     *            the local name of the XML element.
     * @param parser
     *            The current XML event parser, it is only used to have a locator of the current line in case of exception. (you
     *            can pass null if you don't need line reporting).
     * @exception XMLParseException
     *                if the object is not defined or cannot be instantiated.
     */
    public XMLSerializable createObject(String namespaceUri, String localName, XMLEventParser parser) throws XMLParseException;


}