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package org.iso_relax.dispatcher;

import java.util.Iterator;

import org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

/**
 * represents a schema that validates one island.
 * 
 * @author
 *		<a href="mailto:k-kawa@bigfoot.com">Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI</a>
 */
public interface IslandSchema {
	/**
	 * creates a new IslandVerifier instance that is going to validate
	 * one island.
	 * 
	 * @param namespaceURI
	 *		namespace URI of the newly found element, which is going to be
	 *		validated by the newly created IslandVerifier.
	 * @param elementDecls
	 *		set of ElementDecl objects that newly created verifier shall validate.
	 */
	IslandVerifier createNewVerifier( String namespaceURI, ElementDecl[] elementDecls );
	
	/**
	 * gets exported elementDecl object that has specified name.
	 * 
	 * @return null
	 *		if no elementDecl is exported under the given name.
	 */
	ElementDecl getElementDeclByName( String name );
	
	/** iterates all exported elementDecl objects. */
	Iterator iterateElementDecls();
	
	/** returns all exported elementDecl objects at once. */
	ElementDecl[] getElementDecls();
	
	/**
	 * gets exported AttributesDecl object that has specified name.
	 * 
	 * @return null
	 *		if no AttributesDecl is exported under the given name.
	 */
	AttributesDecl getAttributesDeclByName( String name );
	
	/** iterates all exported attributesDecl objects. */
	Iterator iterateAttributesDecls();
	
	/** returns all exported attributesDecl objects at once. */
	AttributesDecl[] getAttributesDecls();
	
	/**
	 * creates a new AttributesVerifier instance that is going to validate
	 * attribute declarations.
	 * 
	 * @param namespaceURI
	 *		namespace URI of the attributes, which is going to be
	 *		validated by the newly created verifier.
	 * @param decls
	 *		set of AttributesDecl objects that newly created verifier shall validate.
	 */
	AttributesVerifier createNewAttributesVerifier( String namespaceURI, AttributesDecl[] decls );
	
	/**
	 * binds references to imported elementDecls by using given provider.
	 * 
	 * this method is only called once before the first validation starts.
	 * 
	 * @exception SAXException
	 *		any error has to be reported to ErrorHandler first.
	 */
	void bind( SchemaProvider provider, ErrorHandler errorHandler )
		throws SAXException;
}