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package org.eclipse.jetty.xml;

import java.net.URL;

/**
 * A ConfigurationProcessor for non XmlConfiguration format files.
 * <p>
 * A file in non-XmlConfiguration file format may be processed by a {@link ConfigurationProcessor}
 * instance that is returned from a {@link ConfigurationProcessorFactory} instance discovered by the
 * <code>ServiceLoader</code> mechanism.  This is used to allow spring configuration files to be used instead of 
 * jetty.xml
 *
 */
public interface ConfigurationProcessor
{
    public void init(URL url, XmlParser.Node root, XmlConfiguration configuration);
    
    public Object configure( Object obj) throws Exception;
    public Object configure() throws Exception;
}