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/*
* $Id: WhitespaceStrippingElementMatcher.java 468655 2006-10-28 07:12:06Z minchau $
*/
package org.apache.xpath;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
/**
* A class that implements this interface can tell if a given element should
* strip whitespace nodes from it's children.
*/
public interface WhitespaceStrippingElementMatcher
{
/**
* Get information about whether or not an element should strip whitespace.
* @see strip in XSLT Specification
*
* @param support The XPath runtime state.
* @param targetElement Element to check
*
* @return true if the whitespace should be stripped.
*
* @throws TransformerException
*/
public boolean shouldStripWhiteSpace(
XPathContext support, Element targetElement) throws TransformerException;
/**
* Get information about whether or not whitespace can be stripped.
* @see strip in XSLT Specification
*
* @return true if the whitespace can be stripped.
*/
public boolean canStripWhiteSpace();
}