1   /**
2    * Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
3    *
4    * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
5    * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
6    * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
7    * any later version.
8    *
9    * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
10   * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
11   * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
12   * details.
13   */
14  
15  package com.liferay.util.xml.descriptor;
16  
17  import org.dom4j.Document;
18  import org.dom4j.Element;
19  
20  /**
21   * <a href="XMLDescriptor.java.html"><b><i>View Source</i></b></a>
22   *
23   * @author Jorge Ferrer
24   */
25  public interface XMLDescriptor {
26  
27      public boolean areEqual(Element el1, Element el2);
28  
29      public boolean canHandleType(String doctype, Document root);
30  
31      public boolean canJoinChildren(Element element);
32  
33      public String[] getRootChildrenOrder();
34  
35      public String[] getChildrenOrder(Element parentElement);
36  
37  }