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

import java.util.ServiceLoader;
import java.util.Stack;

import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;

/**
 * Interface for configuration XML parsers. Used by {@link CacheXmlParser} to parse entities defined
 * in the XML Namespace returned by {@link #getNamespaceUri()} .
 * 
 * Loaded by {@link ServiceLoader} on {@link XmlParser} class. See file
 * <code>META-INF/services/org.apache.geode.internal.cache.xmlcache.XmlParser</code>
 * 
 *
 * @since GemFire 8.1
 */
public interface XmlParser extends ContentHandler {

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

  /**
   * Sets the XML config stack on this parser.
   * 
   * @param stack current XML config stack.
   * @since GemFire 8.1
   */
  void setStack(Stack<Object> stack);
}
