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 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jem.internal.beaninfo.adapters;
/*
 *  $RCSfile: IReader.java,v $
 *  $Revision: 1.4 $  $Date: 2004/08/27 15:33:31 $ 
 */
/**
 * This is internal interface for reading beaninfoConfig either through IConfigurationElements or
 * w3.dom.Nodes. This is because when reading the .beaninfoConfig we will be using Nodes, but
 * when reading configs from registered extensions they will be IConfigurationElements.
 * @version 	1.0
 * TODO Need to move to core when we make things API.
 */
public interface IReader {
	
	public Object getChildren(Object node);
	public int getLength(Object nodeList);
	public Object getItem(Object nodeList, int index);
	public boolean isNodeTypeElement(Object node);	// Is this an element type node
	public String getNodeName(Object node);
	public String getAttribute(Object element, String attributeName);

}