foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/org/eclipse/persistence/oxm/XMLUnmarshalListener.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.oxm;

/**
 * <p>An implementation of XMLUnmarshalListener can be set on an XMLUnmarshaller to provide additional
 * behaviour during unmarshal operations.</p>
 */
public interface XMLUnmarshalListener {
	
    /**
     * Event that will be called before objects are unmarshalled.
     *
     * @param target A newly created instance of the object to be unmarshalled.  
     * @param parent the owning object of the object that will be unmarshalled. This may be null.
     */
    public void beforeUnmarshal(Object target, Object parent);
    
    
    /**
     * Event that will be called after objects are unmarshalled.
     *
     * @param target the object that was unmarshalled.
     * @param parent the owning object of the object that was unmarshalled. This may be null.
     */
    public void afterUnmarshal(Object target, Object parent);
}