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package org.apache.geode.internal.cache.xmlcache;

import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

/**
 * Interface for configuration XML generators. Used by {@link CacheXmlGenerator} to generate
 * entities defined in the XML Namespace returned by {@link #getNamespaceUri()} .
 * 
 *
 * @since GemFire 8.1
 */
public interface XmlGenerator<T> {

  /**
   * Get XML Namespace this parser is responsible for.
   * 
   * @return XML Namespace.
   * @since GemFire 8.1
   */
  String getNamespaceUri();

  // TODO jbarrett - investigate new logging.
  // /**
  // * Sets the XML config {@link LogWriter} on this parser.
  // *
  // * @param logWriter
  // * current XML config {@link LogWriter}.
  // * @since GemFire 8.1
  // */
  // void setLogWriter(LogWriterI18n logWriter);
  //

  /**
   * Generate XML configuration to the given {@link CacheXmlGenerator}.
   * 
   * @param cacheXmlGenerator to generate configuration to.
   * @throws SAXException
   * @since GemFire 8.1
   */
  void generate(CacheXmlGenerator cacheXmlGenerator) throws SAXException;

}
