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* Copyright (c) 2002, 2013 Object Factory Inc.
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*
* Contributors:
* Object Factory Inc. - Initial implementation
* IBM Corporation - fix for Bug 40951
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ant.internal.ui.dtd;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* IElement interface.
*
* @author Bob Foster
*/
public interface IElement extends IAtom {
/**
* @return true if the element has been referenced in a schema but is not yet defined.
*/
public boolean isUndefined();
/**
* @return true if element model is <code>"(#PCDATA)"</code>.
*/
public boolean isText();
/**
* @return true if element model is EMPTY.
*/
public boolean isEmpty();
/**
* @return true if element model is ANY.
*/
public boolean isAny();
/**
* @return the element's content model. The content model will be empty if <code>isText()</code>, <code>isAny()</code> or <code>isEmpty()</code>.
* Note that the content model deals with child elements only; use <code>isMixed()</code> to see if text is also allowed.
*/
public IModel getContentModel();
/**
* @return the DFM corresponding to the content model. Every element has a DFM.
*/
public IDfm getDfm();
/**
* @return Map with attribute qname keys and IAttr values. If element has no attributes, the map is empty. Map must not be modified by caller; for
* performance reasons, it is not a copy.
*/
public Map<String, IAttribute> getAttributes();
}