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17  package org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.model;
18  
19  import java.util.Locale;
20  
21  import org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.QName;
22  
23  /**
24   * Creates NodePointers for objects of a certain type.
25   * NodePointerFactories are ordered according to the values returned
26   * by the "getOrder" method and always queried in that order.
27   *
28   * @author Dmitri Plotnikov
29   * @version $Revision: 652845 $ $Date: 2008-05-02 19:46:46 +0200 (Fr, 02 Mai 2008) $
30   */
31  public interface NodePointerFactory {
32  
33      /**
34       * The factory order number determines its position between other factories.
35       * @return int order
36       */
37      int getOrder();
38  
39      /**
40       * Create a NodePointer for the supplied object.  The node will represent
41       * the "root" object for a path.
42       *
43       * @param name String node name
44       * @param object child object
45       * @param locale Locale
46       * @return  null if this factory does not recognize objects of the supplied
47       * type.
48       */
49      NodePointer createNodePointer(QName name, Object object, Locale locale);
50  
51      /**
52       * Create a NodePointer for the supplied child object.
53       *
54       * @param parent parent node
55       * @param name String node name
56       * @param object child object
57       * @return null if this factory does not recognize objects of the supplied
58       * type.
59       */
60      NodePointer createNodePointer(
61          NodePointer parent,
62          QName name,
63          Object object);
64  }