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package org.apache.cxf.ws.policy;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;

import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

import org.apache.neethi.Policy;
import org.apache.neethi.PolicyReference;
import org.apache.neethi.PolicyRegistry;


/**
 * PolicyBuilder provides methods to create Policy and PolicyReferenceObjects
 * from DOM elements.
 */
public interface PolicyBuilder {
    /**
     * Creates a PolicyReference object from a DOM element.
     * 
     * @param element the element
     * @return the PolicyReference object constructed from the element
     */
    PolicyReference getPolicyReference(Object element);
    
    /**
     * Creates a Policy object from an DOM element.
     * 
     * @param element the element
     * @return the Policy object constructed from the element
     */
    Policy getPolicy(Object element);
    
    
    /**
     * Creates a Policy object from an InputStream.
     * 
     * @param stream the inputstream
     * @return the Policy object constructed from the element
     */
    Policy getPolicy(InputStream stream)
        throws IOException, ParserConfigurationException, SAXException;
    
    
    /**
     * Return the PolicyRegistry associated with the builder
     * @return the PolicyRegistry
     */
    PolicyRegistry getPolicyRegistry();
    
}
