/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 2002-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
* version 2.1 of the License.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*/
package org.geotools.xml.impl;
import org.eclipse.xsd.XSDAttributeDeclaration;
/**
* Classes implementing this interace serve as handlers for attributes in an
* instance document as it is parsed.
*
* <p>
* An attribute handler corresponds to a specific attribute in a schema.
* </p>
*
* @author Justin Deoliveira,Refractions Research Inc.,jdeolive@refractions.net
*
* @source $URL$
*/
public interface AttributeHandler extends Handler {
/**
* @return The schema declaration of the attribute being handled.
*/
XSDAttributeDeclaration getAttributeDeclaration();
/**
* Sets the attribute instance being handled by the handler.
*
* @param value The value of the attribute from an instance document.
*/
void handleAttribute(String value);
}