diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hdf/event/HDFLowLevelParsingListener.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hdf/event/HDFLowLevelParsingListener.java
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+package org.apache.poi.hdf.event;
+
+import org.apache.poi.hdf.model.hdftypes.ChpxNode;
+import org.apache.poi.hdf.model.hdftypes.PapxNode;
+import org.apache.poi.hdf.model.hdftypes.SepxNode;
+import org.apache.poi.hdf.model.hdftypes.TextPiece;
+import org.apache.poi.hdf.model.hdftypes.DocumentProperties;
+
+public interface HDFLowLevelParsingListener
+{
+  public void document(DocumentProperties dop);
+  public void section(SepxNode sepx);
+  public void paragraph(PapxNode papx);
+  public void characterRun(ChpxNode chpx);
+  public void text(TextPiece t);
+}
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