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package org.iso_relax.dispatcher;
import org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException;
/**
* represents a constraint for one XML element.
*
* One can obtain an IslandVerifier that validates this constraint by calling
* createNewVerifier method of IslandSchema who exported this object.
*
* This interface also provides feature/property mechanism to encourage
* communications between two different implementations.
*
* @author Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI
*/
public interface ElementDecl {
/**
* gets name of this rule.
* every ElementDecl has a unique name within the schema.
*/
String getName();
/** looks up the value of a feature
*
* this method works like getFeature method of SAX.
* featureName is a fully-qualified URI.
*
* Implementators are encouraged to invent their own features,
* by using their own URIs.
*/
boolean getFeature( String featureName )
throws SAXNotRecognizedException,SAXNotSupportedException;
/** looks up the value of a property
*
* this method works like getProperty method of SAX.
* propertyName is a fully-qualified URI.
*
* Implementators are encouraged to invent their own properties,
* by using their own URIs.
*/
Object getProperty( String propertyName )
throws SAXNotRecognizedException,SAXNotSupportedException;
}