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package org.biojava.bio.program.ssbind;

import org.biojava.utils.stax.StAXContentHandler;

/**
 * <code>StAXHandlerFactory</code> is an interface for factories
 * producing <code>StAXContentHandler</code>s which are used by the
 * <code>SeqSimilarityStAXAdapter</code>.
 *
 * @author Thomas Down
 * @author Keith James
 * @since 1.3
 */
public interface StAXHandlerFactory
{
    /**
     * <code>getHandler</code> returns an appropriate
     * <code>StAXContentHandler</code> implementation containing a
     * reference to a parent context.
     *
     * @param ssContext a <code>SeqSimilarityStAXAdapter</code>.
     *
     * @return a <code>StAXContentHandler</code>.
     */
    public StAXContentHandler getHandler(SeqSimilarityStAXAdapter ssContext);
}