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19  
20  package com.liferay.util.xml.descriptor;
21  
22  import org.dom4j.Document;
23  import org.dom4j.Element;
24  
25  /**
26   * <a href="XMLDescriptor.java.html"><b><i>View Source</i></b></a>
27   *
28   * @author Jorge Ferrer
29   *
30   */
31  public interface XMLDescriptor {
32  
33      public boolean areEqual(Element el1, Element el2);
34  
35      public boolean canHandleType(String doctype, Document root);
36  
37      public boolean canJoinChildren(Element element);
38  
39      public String[] getRootChildrenOrder();
40  
41      public String[] getChildrenOrder(Element parentElement);
42  
43  }