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package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.models;
import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xni.QName;
/**
*/
public interface ContentModelValidator {
//
// Methods
//
/**
* validate
*
* @param children
* @param offset
* @param length
*
* @return The value -1 if fully valid, else the 0 based index of the child
* that first failed. If the value returned is equal to the number
* of children, then the specified children are valid but additional
* content is required to reach a valid ending state.
*/
public int validate(QName[] children, int offset, int length);
} // interface ContentModelValidator