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 * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de
 * Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All
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 * Intellectual Property License. This program is distributed in the
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package org.apache.xerces.dom3.as;

/**
 * @deprecated
 *  This interface allows creation of an ASModel. The expectation 
 * is that an instance of the DOMImplementationAS interface can 
 * be obtained by using binding-specific casting methods on an instance of 
 * the DOMImplementation interface when the DOM implementation 
 * supports the feature "AS-EDIT". 
 * See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Abstract Schemas and Load
and Save Specification.
 */
public interface DOMImplementationAS {
    /**
     * Creates an ASModel.
     * @param isNamespaceAware Allow creation of ASModel with 
     *   this attribute set to a specific value.
     * @return A null return indicates failure.what is a 
     *   failure? Could be a system error.
     */
    public ASModel createAS(boolean isNamespaceAware);

    /**
     * Creates an DOMASBuilder.Do we need the method since we 
     * already have DOMImplementationLS.createDOMParser?
     * @return a DOMASBuilder
     */
    public DOMASBuilder createDOMASBuilder();

    /**
     * Creates an DOMASWriter.
     * @return a DOMASWriter
     */
    public DOMASWriter createDOMASWriter();

}