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package org.apache.xerces.xs;

import java.util.List;

/**
 *  The XSNamesaceItemList interface provides the abstraction of 
 * an immutable ordered collection of XSNamespaceItems, without 
 * defining or constraining how this collection is implemented. 
 */
public interface XSNamespaceItemList extends List {
    /**
     *  The number of XSNamespaceItems in the list. The range of 
     * valid child object indices is 0 to length-1 inclusive. 
     */
    public int getLength();

    /**
     *  Returns the indexth item in the collection or 
     * null if index is greater than or equal to 
     * the number of objects in the list. The index starts at 0. 
     * @param index  index into the collection. 
     * @return  The XSNamespaceItem at the indexth 
     *   position in the XSNamespaceItemList, or 
     *   null if the index specified is not valid. 
     */
    public XSNamespaceItem item(int index);

}