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+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+ * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
+ * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see
+ * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+ * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+package org.openoffice.xmerge.merger;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+
+/**
+ * This is an interface for a {@link
+ * org.openoffice.xmerge.merger.MergeAlgorithm
+ * MergeAlgorithm} to merge two <code>Node</code> objects. It is an
+ * interface so that different merge algorithms may be plugged-in.
+ *
+ * @author smak
+ */
+public interface NodeMergeAlgorithm {
+
+ /**
+ * This method is used to merge two given <code>Node</code>
+ * objects. Note: the original <code>Node</code> may be modified.
+ *
+ * @param originalNode The original <code>Node</code>.
+ * @param modifyNode The <code>Node</code> to be merged. It may
+ * be modified.
+ */
+ public void merge(Node orginialNode, Node modifyNode);
+}
+