001    /**
002     * Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
003     *
004     * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Liferay Enterprise
005     * Subscription License ("License"). You may not use this file except in
006     * compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy of the License by
007     * contacting Liferay, Inc. See the License for the specific language governing
008     * permissions and limitations under the License, including but not limited to
009     * distribution rights of the Software.
010     *
011     *
012     *
013     */
014    
015    package com.liferay.util.xml.descriptor;
016    
017    import org.dom4j.Document;
018    import org.dom4j.Element;
019    
020    /**
021     * @author Jorge Ferrer
022     */
023    public interface XMLDescriptor {
024    
025            public boolean areEqual(Element el1, Element el2);
026    
027            public boolean canHandleType(String doctype, Document root);
028    
029            public boolean canJoinChildren(Element element);
030    
031            public String[] getRootChildrenOrder();
032    
033            public String[] getChildrenOrder(Element parentElement);
034    
035    }