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+// Copyright 2007 The Android Open Source Project
+
+package com.google.wireless.gdata.parser.xml;
+
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlSerializer;
+
+/**
+ * Factory for creating new {@link org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser}s and
+ * {@link org.xmlpull.v1.XmlSerializer}s
+ */
+public interface XmlParserFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new {@link XmlPullParser}.
+     *
+     * @return A new {@link XmlPullParser}.
+     * @throws XmlPullParserException Thrown if the parser could not be created.
+     */
+    XmlPullParser createParser() throws XmlPullParserException;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new {@link XmlSerializer}.
+     *
+     * @return A new {@link XmlSerializer}.
+     * @throws XmlPullParserException Thrown if the serializer could not be
+     * created.
+     */
+    XmlSerializer createSerializer() throws XmlPullParserException;
+}