/*
* Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
* All rights reserved.
* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
* under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
*
* Initial Contributors:
* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
*
* Contributors:
*
* Description: 
*
*/
#ifndef DOMImplementationSource_HEADER_GUARD_
#define DOMImplementationSource_HEADER_GUARD_

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/*
 * $Id: DOMImplementationSource.hpp 568078 2007-08-21 11:43:25Z amassari $
 */

/**
  * This interface permits a DOM implementer to supply one or more
  * implementations, based upon requested features. Each implemented
  * <code>DOMImplementationSource</code> object is listed in the
  * binding-specific list of available sources so that its
  * <code>DOMImplementation</code> objects are made available.
  * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-DOM-Level-3-Core-20020409'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification</a>.
  *
  * @since DOM Level 3
  */
#include <xercesc/util/XercesDefs.hpp>

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN


class DOMImplementation;

class CDOM_EXPORT DOMImplementationSource
{
protected :
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Hidden constructors
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** @name Hidden constructors */
    //@{    
    DOMImplementationSource() {};
    //@}

private:
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Unimplemented constructors and operators
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** @name Unimplemented constructors and operators */
    //@{
    DOMImplementationSource(const DOMImplementationSource &);
    DOMImplementationSource & operator = (const DOMImplementationSource &);
    //@}


public:
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  All constructors are hidden, just the destructor is available
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** @name Destructor */
    //@{
    /**
     * Destructor
     *
     */
    virtual ~DOMImplementationSource() {};
    //@}

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Virtual DOMImplementationSource interface
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** @name Functions introduced in DOM Level 3 */
    //@{
    /**
     * A method to request a DOM implementation.
     *
     * <p><b>"Experimental - subject to change"</b></p>
     *
     * @param features A string that specifies which features are required.
     *   This is a space separated list in which each feature is specified
     *   by its name optionally followed by a space and a version number.
     *   This is something like: "XML 1.0 Traversal 2.0"
     * @return An implementation that has the desired features, or
     *   <code>null</code> if this source has none.
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    virtual DOMImplementation* getDOMImplementation(const XMLCh* features) const = 0;
    //@}

};

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_END

#endif