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package org.apache.batik.svggen;

import java.util.Map;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * The <code>StyleHandler</code> interface allows you to specialize
 * how the style will be set on an SVG <code>Element</code>.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:cjolif@ilog.fr">Christophe Jolif</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface StyleHandler {
    /**
     * Sets the style described by <code>styleMap</code> on the given
     * <code>element</code>.
     * @param element the SVG <code>Element</code> to be styled.
     * @param styleMap the <code>Map</code> containing pairs of style
     * property names, style values.
     */
    void setStyle(Element element, Map styleMap,
                         SVGGeneratorContext generatorContext);
}
