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package org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.documentpreservation;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

/**
 * <p><b>Purpose:</b>Provide a policy that specifies how new XML Elements are added to an 
 * existing XML Document.
 * 
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.documentpreservation.DocumentPreservationPolicy
 * @author mmacivor
 * @author rbarkhouse - changed to abstract superclass 
 */
public abstract class NodeOrderingPolicy {

    public abstract void appendNode(Node parent, Node newChild, Node previousSibling);

}
