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package org.springframework.xml.xsd;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import org.springframework.xml.validation.XmlValidator;
/**
* Represents an abstraction for XSD schemas.
*
* @author Mark LaFond
* @author Arjen Poutsma
* @since 1.5.0
*/
public interface XsdSchema {
/**
* Returns the target namespace of this schema.
*
* @return the target namespace
*/
String getTargetNamespace();
/**
* Returns the {@link Source} of the schema.
*
* @return the source of this XSD schema
*/
Source getSource();
/**
* Creates a {@link XmlValidator} based on the schema.
*
* @return a validator for this schema
*/
XmlValidator createValidator();
}