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SecureBPMN/src/com.sun.xacml/src/main/java/com/sun/xacml/attr/AttributeProxy.java

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/*
* @(#)AttributeProxy.java
*
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package com.sun.xacml.attr;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
/**
* Used by the <code>AttributeFactory</code> to create new attributes.
* Typically a new proxy class is created which in turn knows how to create
* a specific kind of attribute, and then this proxy class is installed in
* the <code>AttributeFactory</code>.
*
* @since 1.0
* @author Seth Proctor
*/
public interface AttributeProxy
{
/**
* Tries to create a new <code>AttributeValue</code> based on the given
* DOM root node.
*
* @param root the DOM root of some attribute data
*
* @return an <code>AttributeValue</code> representing the given data
*
* @throws Exception if the data couldn't be used (the exception is
* typically wrapping some other exception)
*/
public AttributeValue getInstance(Node root) throws Exception;
/**
* Tries to create a new <code>AttributeValue</code> based on the given
* String data.
*
* @param value the text form of some attribute data
*
* @return an <code>AttributeValue</code> representing the given data
*
* @throws Exception if the data couldn't be used (the exception is
* typically wrapping some other exception)
*/
public AttributeValue getInstance(String value) throws Exception;
}