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016
017package org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing;
018
019/**
020 * SPI interface allowing tools and other external processes to handle errors
021 * and warnings reported during bean definition parsing.
022 *
023 * @author Rob Harrop
024 * @author Juergen Hoeller
025 * @since 2.0
026 * @see Problem
027 */
028public interface ProblemReporter {
029
030        /**
031         * Called when a fatal error is encountered during the parsing process.
032         * <p>Implementations must treat the given problem as fatal,
033         * i.e. they have to eventually raise an exception.
034         * @param problem the source of the error (never {@code null})
035         */
036        void fatal(Problem problem);
037
038        /**
039         * Called when an error is encountered during the parsing process.
040         * <p>Implementations may choose to treat errors as fatal.
041         * @param problem the source of the error (never {@code null})
042         */
043        void error(Problem problem);
044
045        /**
046         * Called when a warning is raised during the parsing process.
047         * <p>Warnings are <strong>never</strong> considered to be fatal.
048         * @param problem the source of the warning (never {@code null})
049         */
050        void warning(Problem problem);
051
052}