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package org.apache.axiom.core;

import org.apache.axiom.core.stream.XmlHandler;

public interface InputContext {
    Builder getBuilder();

    /**
     * Enables pass-through mode for this context. In this mode, events for the parent information
     * item linked to this context (and its descendants) are passed directly to the specified
     * handler instead of building nodes for them.
     *
     * @param handler the handler to send events to
     * @throws IllegalStateException if a pass-through handler has already been set for this context
     */
    void setPassThroughHandler(XmlHandler passThroughHandler);

    void setTarget(CoreParentNode target);

    void discard();
}
