# Copyright (c) 2004 Danilo Segan <danilo@kvota.net>.
#
# This file is part of xml2po.
#
# xml2po is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# Abstract class; use it only to construct other special-handling classes
#

class emptyXmlMode:
    """Abstract class for special handling of document types."""
    def getIgnoredTags(self):
        "Returns array of tags to be ignored."
        return []

    def getFinalTags(self):
        "Returns array of tags to be considered 'final'."
        return []

    def getSpacePreserveTags(self):
        "Returns array of tags in which spaces are to be preserved."
        return []

    def preProcessXml(self, doc, msg):
        "Preprocess a document and perhaps adds some messages."
        pass

    def postProcessXmlTranslation(self, doc, language, translators):
        """Sets a language and translators in "doc" tree.
        
        "translators" is a string consisted of translator credits.
        "language" is a simple string.
        "doc" is a libxml2.xmlDoc instance."""
        pass

    def getStringForTranslators(self):
        """Returns None or a string to be added to PO files.

        Common example is 'translator-credits'."""
        return None

    def getCommentForTranslators(self):
        """Returns a comment to be added next to string for crediting translators.

        It should explain the format of the string provided by getStringForTranslators()."""
        return None