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+package com.memberwebs.ldapxml;
+
+import com.novell.ldap.*;
+import org.w3c.dom.*;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for hooking into LX processing.
+ *
+ * @author nielsen@memberwebs.com
+ * @version 0.5
+ */
+public interface LXHook
+{
+    /**
+     * Initialize this hook.
+     *
+     * @param obj An initialization parameter passed into LXSpecs.setData
+     */
+    public void initialize(Object obj)
+            throws LXException;
+
+    /**
+     * Allows pre processing of an entry retrieved from LDAP
+     *
+     * @param entry The LDAP entry retrieved
+     * @return If false then this element will not be included in tree.
+     */
+    public boolean prefix(LDAPEntry entry)
+            throws LXException;
+
+    /**
+     * Allows post processing of an element retrieved from LDAP.
+     *
+     * @param entry The LDAP entry retrieved.
+     * @param el The DOM element constructed.
+     * @return If false then this element will not be included in tree.
+     */
+    public boolean postfix(LDAPEntry entry, Element el)
+            throws LXException;
+}
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