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diff --git a/source/mircoders/localizer/MirAdminInterfaceLocalizer.java b/source/mircoders/localizer/MirAdminInterfaceLocalizer.java
index 841e1df8..0377c705 100755
--- a/source/mircoders/localizer/MirAdminInterfaceLocalizer.java
+++ b/source/mircoders/localizer/MirAdminInterfaceLocalizer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2001, 2002  The Mir-coders group
+ * Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 The Mir-coders group
  *
  * This file is part of Mir.
  *
@@ -18,36 +18,102 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  *
  * In addition, as a special exception, The Mir-coders gives permission to link
- * the code of this program with the com.oreilly.servlet library, any library
- * licensed under the Apache Software License, The Sun (tm) Java Advanced
- * Imaging library (JAI), The Sun JIMI library (or with modified versions of
- * the above that use the same license as the above), and distribute linked
- * combinations including the two.  You must obey the GNU General Public
- * License in all respects for all of the code used other than the above
- * mentioned libraries.  If you modify this file, you may extend this exception
- * to your version of the file, but you are not obligated to do so.  If you do
- * not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
+ * the code of this program with  any library licensed under the Apache Software License,
+ * The Sun (tm) Java Advanced Imaging library (JAI), The Sun JIMI library
+ * (or with modified versions of the above that use the same license as the above),
+ * and distribute linked combinations including the two.  You must obey the
+ * GNU General Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than
+ * the above mentioned libraries.  If you modify this file, you may extend this
+ * exception to your version of the file, but you are not obligated to do so.
+ * If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
  */
-
 package mircoders.localizer;
 
-import java.util.*;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import mir.entity.adapter.EntityAdapter;
+import mir.generator.Generator;
 
-import mir.entity.*;
-import mir.entity.adapter.*;
+/**
+ * Interface to allow for localized changed to the workings of the admin system
+ *
+ * @author Zapata
+ */
 
 public interface MirAdminInterfaceLocalizer {
+  /**
+   * Every time an article gets made inside the admin system, this function is called. It is
+   * possible to set different initial values for the article here.
+   *
+   * @param anArticle The map that can be changed. For example, to set a default author, do
+   *   <p>
+   *     <code>anArticle.put("creator", "editorial team");</code>
+   */
+  public void initializeArticle(Map anArticle);
+
+  /**
+   * Allows passwords to be stored encrypted in the database. Just implement this
+   * function and return a digest of the supplied password. This function should always
+   * return the same digest for the same password.
+   *
+   * @param aPassword The password to be digested
+   * @return The digested password
+   */
+  public String makePasswordDigest(String aPassword);
+
+  /**
+   * Allows different "generators" (templates) to be used for certain pages
+   *
+   * @param aPage The identifier of the page
+   * @param aUser the user (can be used to allow different users to see different pages
+   * @param aDefault The default generator
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String getAdminPageGenerator(String aPage, Map aTemplateData, EntityAdapter aUser, String aDefault) throws MirLocalizerExc;
+
+  /**
+   * Prepares an article preview
+   *
+   * @param aPreviewPage there may be different preview pages for a single article.
+   *     (i.e. the same article may lead to different pages) this parameter selects one
+   *      of those versions. See also {@link #getPreviewPages}.
+   * @param anArticle the article to be previewed
+   * @param aContext the context to be supplied to the generator
+   * @return the generator to be used to generate the preview
+   */
+  public Generator prepareArticlePreview(String aPreviewPage, EntityAdapter anArticle, Map aContext)
+      throws MirLocalizerExc, MirLocalizerFailure;
+
+  /**
+   * Return the available preview variations of one article
+   */
+  public List getPreviewPages(EntityAdapter anArticle) throws MirLocalizerExc, MirLocalizerFailure;
+
+  /**
+   * Get the {@link List} of {@link EntityOperation}s available for comments
+   */
   public List simpleCommentOperations();
-  public MirSimpleEntityOperation simpleCommentOperationForName(String aName);
 
+  /**
+   * Get the {@link List} of {@link EntityOperation}s available for articles
+   */
   public List simpleArticleOperations();
-  public MirSimpleEntityOperation simpleArticleOperationForName(String aName);
 
-  public interface MirSimpleEntityOperation {
+  public interface EntityOperation {
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the operation. Must be unique and immutable.
+     */
     public String getName();
-    public boolean isAvailable(EntityAdapter anEntity);
-    public void perform(EntityAdapter anEntity);
+
+    /**
+     * Is the operation valid for the given {@link EntityAdapter}
+     */
+    public boolean isAvailable(EntityAdapter anEntity) throws MirLocalizerExc, MirLocalizerFailure;
+
+    /**
+     * perform the operation on the given {@link EntityAdapter} as the given user
+     */ 
+    public void perform(EntityAdapter aUser, EntityAdapter anEntity) throws MirLocalizerExc, MirLocalizerFailure;
   }
 }
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