/* * Copyright (c) 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights * reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the *    distribution. * * 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, *    if any, must include the following acknowledgment: *       "This product includes software developed by the *       Sun Microsystems, Inc. for Project JXTA." *    Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself, *    if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear. * * 4. The names "Sun", "Sun Microsystems, Inc.", "JXTA" and "Project JXTA" must *    not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this *    software without prior written permission. For written *    permission, please contact Project JXTA at http://www.jxta.org. * * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "JXTA", *    nor may "JXTA" appear in their name, without prior written *    permission of Sun. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE * DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION OR * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * *==================================================================== * * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many * individuals on behalf of Project JXTA.  For more * information on Project JXTA, please see * <http://www.jxta.org/>. * * This license is based on the BSD license adopted by the Apache Foundation. * * $Id: ContentMetadataConstructor.java,v 1.2 2002/02/13 23:10:20 rmjohnson Exp $ * */package net.jxta.share.metadata;import net.jxta.document.Element;/**An interface for instanciators of ContentMetadata objects. *@author $Author: rmjohnson $ *@version $Revision: 1.2 $ */public interface ContentMetadataConstructor {    /**Create a new ContentMetadata object from an Element.     *@return a new ContentMetadata instance with the information in metadataEl     * stored in it.     *@exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>metadataEl</code> is of a     * format that this function is incapable of handling.     *@exception NullPointerException if <code>metadataEl</code> is null.     */    public ContentMetadata newInstance(Element metadataEl)	throws IllegalArgumentException;}