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002    $Id: IXMLElementProcessor.java 26283 2010-02-18 11:18:57Z juergens $
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018    package edu.tum.cs.commons.xml;
019    
020    /**
021     * This interface defines processors that process elements from an XML file.
022     * 
023     * @param <E>
024     *            the enumeration describing the XML elements
025     * @param <X>
026     *            the exception type this processor might throw
027     * @author Florian Deissenboeck
028     * @author $Author: juergens $
029     * @version $Rev: 26283 $
030     * @levd.rating GREEN Hash: E4A6E96107E4109C9F540C7E9F75D891
031     */
032    public interface IXMLElementProcessor<E extends Enum<E>, X extends Exception> {
033    
034            /** The element type this processor is meant to process. */
035            public E getTargetElement();
036    
037            /** Process element. */
038            public void process() throws X;
039    }