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package org.iso_relax.verifier;
/**
* The compiled representation of schemas.
*
*
* Schema object must be thread-safe; multiple-threads can access
* one Schema obejct at the same time.
*
*
* The schema object allows an application to "cache" a schema by compiling it
* once and using it many times, possibly by different threads.
*/
public interface Schema {
/**
* creates a new Verifier object that validates documents with this schema.
*
* @return
* a valid non-null instance of a Verifier.
*/
Verifier newVerifier() throws VerifierConfigurationException;
}