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38: package com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html;
39:
40: import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
41:
42: /**
43: * specification of a factory capable of creating HtmlElement objects.
44: *
45: * @version $Revision: 2132 $
46: * @author <a href="mailto:cse@dynabean.de">Christian Sell</a>
47: * @author Ahmed Ashour
48: */
49: public interface IElementFactory {
50: /**
51: * create an element according to this factory's specification.
52: * @param page the enclosing page for the new element. Note that the element is <em>not</em> yet added
53: * into the DOM tree.
54: * @param tagName the tag name. Most factories will be responsible for a specific tag, but this
55: * parameter is passed in for factories that don't follow this rule
56: * @param attributes the attributes encountered during XML/HTML parsing. Possibly <code>null</code>
57: * if no attributes specified
58: * @return the newly created and initialized element
59: */
60: HtmlElement createElement(final HtmlPage page,
61: final String tagName, final Attributes attributes);
62:
63: /**
64: * create an element according to this factory's specification.
65: * @param page the enclosing page for the new element. Note that the element is <em>not</em> yet added
66: * into the DOM tree.
67: * @param namespaceURI the URI that identifies an XML namespace.
68: * @param qualifiedName The qualified name of the element type to instantiate
69: * @param attributes the attributes encountered during XML/HTML parsing. Possibly <code>null</code>
70: * if no attributes specified
71: * @return the newly created and initialized element
72: */
73: HtmlElement createElementNS(final HtmlPage page,
74: final String namespaceURI, final String qualifiedName,
75: final Attributes attributes);
76: }
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