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// Copyright (c) 1998, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
package oracle.toplink.essentials.platform.xml;
// JDK imports
import java.net.URL;
/**
* A schema reference is used to access a schema in order to validate a
* document.
*/
public interface XMLSchemaReference {
public static final int COMPLEX_TYPE = 1;
public static final int SIMPLE_TYPE = 2;
public static final int ELEMENT = 3;
public static final int GROUP = 5;
/**
* Returns the path to be traversed for validation purposes.
*
* @return a string represented the path to be traversed
*/
public String getSchemaContext();
/**
* Indicates if the schema reference references a simple type definition,
* complex type definition, element or group
*
* @return COMPLEX_TYPE=1, SIMPLE_TYPE=2, ELEMENT=3, GROUP=5
*/
public int getType();
/**
* A URL which referenes the Schema.
*
* @return the schema URL
*/
public URL getURL();
}