/*

  * Copyright 2005-2008 The Kuali Foundation

  * 

  * 

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

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  * 

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

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 package org.kuali.rice.kew.engine.node;

 import org.kuali.rice.kew.engine.RouteContext;

 import org.kuali.rice.kew.engine.RouteHelper;

 /**

  * A node which is responsible for joining 1 or more branches in the route path of a document.

  * 

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  */

 public interface JoinNode extends Node {

         public JoinResult process(RouteContext context, RouteHelper helper) throws Exception;

 }