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    017
    018package org.apache.commons.jxpath.xml;
    019
    020import java.io.InputStream;
    021
    022/**
    023 * Common interface for XML parsers. We are not using JAXP because some of the parsers we want to support may not be JAXP compliant.
    024 */
    025public interface XMLParser {
    026
    027    /**
    028     * Reads the supplied XML file and returns the resulting model, which is not necessarily DOM.
    029     *
    030     * @param stream InputStream
    031     * @return Object
    032     */
    033    Object parseXML(InputStream stream);
    034}