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+++ b/src/java/de/intevation/mxd/reader/AbstractSymbolReader.java	Thu May 26 14:28:52 2011 +0200
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+package de.intevation.mxd.reader;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import de.intevation.mxd.utils.MapToXMLUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Reads multi layer marker symbol information.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:raimund.renkert@intevation.de">Raimund Renkert</a>
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractSymbolReader implements ISymbolReader{
+
+    /**
+     * The logger.
+     */
+    private static final Logger logger =
+        Logger.getLogger(AbstractReaderTool.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Private member.
+     */
+    protected Element parent;
+    protected MapToXMLUtils util;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Setter for the parent XML element.
+     *
+     * @param parent The XML parent node.
+     */
+    public void setParent(Element p) {
+        this.parent = p;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Setter for XML document helper.
+     *
+     * @param util The helper class for storing map information.
+     */
+    public void setUtil(MapToXMLUtils u) {
+        this.util = u;
+    }
+}