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package com.sun.msv.verifier;

/**
 * Represents a kind of "constraint" over XML document.
 * 
 * Usually, this is what people call a schema.
 * 
 * 
 * Call the {@link #createAcceptor()} method to start validation.
 * 
 * @see Acceptor
 * 
 * @author Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI
 */
public interface DocumentDeclaration {
    
    /**
     * creates a new Acceptor that will validate the document element.
     * 
     * In RELAX, this concept is equivalent to <topLevel>
     * In TREX, this concept is equivalent to <start>
     * 
     * @return
     *        The implementation cannot return null.
     *        Apparently, it is impossible to fail in this early stage.
     */
    Acceptor createAcceptor();
}