/*
* 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;
import org.eclipse.xsd.XSDElementDeclaration;
/**
* Represents an element in an instance document.
*
* @author Justin Deoliveira,Refractions Research Inc.,jdeolive@refractions.net
*
*
* @source $URL$
*/
public interface ElementInstance extends InstanceComponent {
/**
* @return The declaration of the element in the schema.
*/
XSDElementDeclaration getElementDeclaration();
/**
* @return The attributes of the element.
*/
AttributeInstance[] getAttributes();
/**
* Sets the attributes of the element.
*
* @param atts The new attributes.
*/
void setAttributes(AttributeInstance[] atts);
}