/*
 * Copyright (C) 2004 TiongHiang Lee
 *
 * 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,  write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 * Email: thlee@onemindsoft.org
 */

package org.onemind.commons.java.xml.digest;

/**
 * An creator digester is a digester that digests an element in xml and 
 * creates an element object as represented by xml. It provides a mechanism 
 * for xml element digestion implementation outside of the element object itself.
 * 
 * @author TiongHiang Lee (thlee@onemindsoft.org)
 * @version $Id: ElementCreatorDigester.java,v 1.1 2005/01/30 06:30:53 thlee Exp $ $Name:  $
 */
public interface ElementCreatorDigester extends ElementDigester
{

    /**
     * Add listener
     * @param l the listener
     */
    public abstract void addListener(ElementListener l);

    /**
     * Remove listener
     * @param l the listener
     */
    public abstract void removeListener(ElementListener l);

    /**
     * Get the created object
     * @return the created object
     */
    public abstract Object getCreatedElement();
}