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/*
 * $Id: Schema.java,v 1.6 2010-11-01 04:36:13 joehw Exp $
 * %W% %E%
 */
package mf.javax.xml.validation;

/**
 * Immutable in-memory representation of grammar.
 *
 * <p>
 * This object represents a set of constraints that can be checked/
 * enforced against an XML document.
 *
 * <p>
 * A {@link Schema} object is thread safe and applications are
 * encouraged to share it across many parsers in many threads.
 *
 * <p>
 * A {@link Schema} object is immutable in the sense that it shouldn't
 * change the set of constraints once it is created. In other words,
 * if an application validates the same document twice against the same
 * {@link Schema}, it must always produce the same result.
 *
 * <p>
 * A {@link Schema} object is usually created from {@link SchemaFactory}.
 *
 * <p>
 * Two kinds of validators can be created from a {@link Schema} object.
 * One is {@link Validator}, which provides highly-level validation
 * operations that cover typical use cases. The other is
 * {@link ValidatorHandler}, which works on top of SAX for better
 * modularity.
 *
 * <p>
 * This specification does not refine
 * the {@link java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)} method.
 * In other words, if you parse the same schema twice, you may
 * still get <code>!schemaA.equals(schemaB)</code>.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:Kohsuke.Kawaguchi@Sun.com">Kohsuke Kawaguchi</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2010-11-01 04:36:13 $
 * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/">XML Schema Part 1: Structures</a>
 * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/">Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1</a>
 * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml">Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second Edition)</a>
 * @since 1.5
 */
public abstract class Schema {

    /**
     * Constructor for the derived class.
     *
     * <p>
     * The constructor does nothing.
     */
    protected Schema() {
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link Validator} for this {@link Schema}.
     *
     * <p>A validator enforces/checks the set of constraints this object
     * represents.</p>
     *
     * <p>Implementors should assure that the properties set on the
     * {@link SchemaFactory} that created this {@link Schema} are also
     * set on the {@link Validator} constructed.</p>
     *
     * @return
     *      Always return a non-null valid object.
     */
    public abstract Validator newValidator();

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link ValidatorHandler} for this {@link Schema}.
     *
     * <p>Implementors should assure that the properties set on the
     * {@link SchemaFactory} that created this {@link Schema} are also
     * set on the {@link ValidatorHandler} constructed.</p>
     *
     * @return
     *      Always return a non-null valid object.
     */
    public abstract ValidatorHandler newValidatorHandler();
}