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* JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source
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package org.jbpm.pvm.internal.xml;
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
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/** a modular mapping between an xml element and a java object in the
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* domain model, see also {@link Parser}.
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*
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* <a href="./Parser.html#bindings">See also 'Bindings'</a>.
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*
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* @see Parser
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*/
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public interface Binding {
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String getCategory();
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/** does this binding apply to the given element? */
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boolean matches(Element element);
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/** translates the given element into a domain model java object.
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* Use the parse to report problems.
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* @return the domain model java object.
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* @see Parser
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*/
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Object parse(Element element, Parse parse, Parser parser);
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}
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