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17 package org.apache.commons.betwixt.expression;
18
19 /*** <p><code>Updater</code> acts like an lvalue which updates the current
20 * context bean from some text from an XML attribute or element.</p>
21 *
22 * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
23 * @version $Revision: 438373 $
24 */
25 public interface Updater {
26
27 /*** Updates the current bean context with a new String value.
28 * This is typically used when parsing XML and updating a bean value
29 * from XML
30 *
31 * @param context update the bean in this <code>Context</code>
32 * @param newValue set value to this <code>Object</code>
33 */
34 public void update(Context context, Object newValue);
35 }