Some root interfaces and configuration machinery

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+/*\r
+ *  Copyright 2001-2006 Internet2\r
+ * \r
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");\r
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.\r
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at\r
+ *\r
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\r
+ *\r
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\r
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,\r
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\r
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\r
+ * limitations under the License.\r
+ */\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * @file XMLObjectBuilder.h\r
+ * \r
+ * Factory interface for XMLObjects \r
+ */\r
+\r
+#if !defined(__xmltooling_xmlobjbuilder_h__)\r
+#define __xmltooling_xmlobjbuilder_h__\r
+\r
+#include <xmltooling/XMLObject.h>\r
+\r
+namespace xmltooling {\r
+\r
+    /**\r
+     * A factory interface for obtaining XMLObjects.\r
+     * Subclasses MAY supply additional factory methods.\r
+     */\r
+    class XMLTOOL_API XMLObjectBuilder\r
+    {\r
+    MAKE_NON_COPYABLE(XMLObjectBuilder);\r
+    public:\r
+        virtual ~XMLObjectBuilder() {}\r
+        \r
+        /**\r
+         * Creates an empty XMLObject.\r
+         * \r
+         * @return the empty XMLObject\r
+         */\r
+        public XMLObject* buildObject();\r
+    };\r
+\r
+};\r
+\r
+#endif /* __xmltooling_xmlobjbuilder_h__ */\r