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package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xni.parser;

import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xni.XMLDocumentHandler;

/**

 * Defines a document source. In other words, any object that implements

 * this interface is able to emit document "events" to the registered

 * document handler. These events could be produced by parsing an XML

 * document, could be generated from some other source, or could be

 * created programmatically. This interface does not say <em>how</em>

 * the events are created, only that the implementor is able to emit

 * them.

 *

 * @author Andy Clark, IBM

 *

 */

public interface XMLDocumentSource {

    //

    // XMLDocumentSource methods

    //

    /** Sets the document handler. */

    public void setDocumentHandler(XMLDocumentHandler handler);

    /** Returns the document handler */

    public XMLDocumentHandler getDocumentHandler();

} // interface XMLDocumentSource