package com.icl.saxon.tree;
import com.icl.saxon.om.NodeInfo;

import org.xml.sax.Locator;


/**
  * Interface NodeFactory. <br>
  * A Factory for nodes used to build a tree. <br>
  * Currently only allows Element nodes to be user-constructed.
  * @author <A HREF="mailto:mhkay@iclway.co.uk>Michael H. Kay</A> 
  * @version 25 February 2000
  */

public interface NodeFactory {

    /**
    * Create an Element node
    * @param parent The parent element
    * @param name The element name
    * @param attlist The attribute collection, excluding any namespace attributes
    * @param namespaces List of new namespace declarations for this element, as a sequence
    * of namespace codes representing pairs of strings: (prefix1, uri1), (prefix2, uri2)...
    * @param namespacesUsed the number of elemnts of the namespaces array actually used
    * @param locator Indicates the source document and line number containing the node
    * @param sequenceNumber Sequence number to be assigned to represent document order.
    */

    public ElementImpl makeElementNode(
            NodeInfo parent,
            int nameCode,
            AttributeCollection attlist,
            int[] namespaces,
            int namespacesUsed,
            Locator locator,
            int sequenceNumber);
    
}

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