//$Header: /Development/AEDevelopment/projects/org.activebpel.rt/src/org/activebpel/rt/xml/def/IAePathSegmentBuilder.java,v 1.1 2007/10/01 16:59:12 mford Exp $
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package org.activebpel.rt.xml.def; 


/**
 * Interface for building a single segment in a location path. The def objects
 * use an XPath like location path to uniquely identify their location within
 * the object model. This interface will construct a single segment within the
 * location path. 
 */
public interface IAePathSegmentBuilder
{
   /**
    * Returns a string to use for this def's segment in the path. 
    * @param aDef
    */
   public String createPathSegment(AeBaseXmlDef aDef);
}
 