/*
* #!
* Ontopia OSL Schema
* #-
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package net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.core;
import net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.AssociationIF;
import net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.TopicIF;
import net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.TopicMapIF;
/**
* PUBLIC: Schema validators can validate topic map objects against a
* schema. Violations of the schema are reported to a separate error
* handler object.
* @deprecated The schema tools are no longer maintained in favor of a future TMCL implementation
*/
@Deprecated
public interface SchemaValidatorIF {
/**
* PUBLIC: Validates a topic against the schema.
*/
public void validate(TopicIF topic)
throws SchemaViolationException;
/**
* PUBLIC: Validates a topic map against the schema. The
* startValidation and endValidation methods of the
* ValidationHandlerIF interface are called before and after
* validation.
*/
public void validate(TopicMapIF topicmap)
throws SchemaViolationException;
/**
* PUBLIC: Validates an association against the schema.
*/
public void validate(AssociationIF association)
throws SchemaViolationException;
/**
* PUBLIC: Sets the validation handler that violations of the
* schema will be reported to.
*/
public void setValidationHandler(ValidationHandlerIF handler);
/**
* PUBLIC: Returns the validation handler that violations are
* currently reported to.
*/
public ValidationHandlerIF getValidationHandler();
}