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package org.glassfish.hk2.xml.spi;

import java.net.URI;

import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;

import org.jvnet.hk2.annotations.Contract;

/**
 * If an implementation of this exists it will be used to parse the XML file rather
 * than the default implementation which uses JAXB
 * 
 * @author jwells
 */
@Contract
public interface XmlServiceParser {
    /**
     * The default Xml parsing service will have this name
     */
    public static final String DEFAULT_PARSING_SERVICE = "DefaultJAXBXmlParsingService";
    
    /**
     * This method must return an instance of the given class as the root of
     * an XML graph
     * 
     * @param clazz The class that can be used to set and get values.  This class
     * will extend {@link org.glassfish.hk2.xml.jaxb.internal.BaseHK2JAXBBean}
     * @param location The location of the file to parse
     * @param listener A listener that must be called via the contract of Unmarshaller.Listener
     * @return The root object with all fields filled in from the given document
     */
    public  T parseRoot(Class clazz, URI location, Unmarshaller.Listener listener) throws Exception;
    
    
    /**
     * This tells the system whether or not it needs to pregenerate all proxies
     * prior to parsing a document or if the proxies can be generated lazily
     * 
     * @return The value that indicates whether or not the proxies can be
     * loaded lazily or must be pre-generated prior to parsing a document
     */
    public PreGenerationRequirement getPreGenerationRequirement();

}