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package org.activebpel.rt.bpel.def.io;

import org.activebpel.rt.AeException;
import org.activebpel.rt.bpel.def.AeProcessDef;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;

/**
 * Interface for working with BPEL deserializers. 
 */
public interface IAeBpelReader
{
   /**
    * Deserializes the BPEL xml into its corresponding
    * AeDef object model.
    * @param aBpelDoc validated BPEL is expected
    * @return <code>AeProcessDef</code>
    * @throws AeException 
    */
   public AeProcessDef readBPEL( Document aBpelDoc ) throws AeException;
}
