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+/*
+Wotonomy: OpenStep design patterns for pure Java applications.
+Copyright (C) 2000 Intersect Software Corporation
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License along with this library; if not, see http://www.gnu.org
+*/
+
+package net.wotonomy.foundation.xml;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+/**
+* Defines an interface for classes that can de-serialize 
+* java objects from an XML representation. 
+*/
+public interface XMLDecoder
+{
+    /**
+    * Decodes an object from the specified input stream.
+    * @param anInputStream The input stream from which to read.
+    * The stream will be read fully.
+    * @param aDescription A description to accompany error messages
+    * for the stream, typically a file name.
+    * @param aURL A URL against which relative references within the
+    * XML will be resolved.
+    * @return The object that was constructed from the XML content,
+    * or null if no object could be constructed.
+    */ 
+    public Object decode( 
+        InputStream anInputStream, String aDescription, URL aURL );
+}
+
+/*
+ * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.1  2006/02/18 22:21:10  cgruber
+ * Add in simple xml interfaces from net.wotonomy.xml project.
+ * Add cobertura.ser to .cvsignore.  God I wish sourceforge would move on this subversion thing...
+ *
+ * Revision 1.1  2006/02/16 13:22:22  cgruber
+ * Check in all sources in eclipse-friendly maven-enabled packages.
+ *
+ * Revision 1.2  2001/02/06 14:34:23  mpowers
+ * Forgot to rename the package declarations.
+ *
+ * Revision 1.1  2001/02/06 14:31:19  mpowers
+ * Moving XML utilities from util to xml package.
+ *
+ * Revision 1.1.1.1  2000/12/21 15:52:33  mpowers
+ * Contributing wotonomy.
+ *
+ * Revision 1.2  2000/12/20 16:25:48  michael
+ * Added log to all files.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+