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| package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xni.grammars; |
| |
| /** |
| * A generic grammar for use in validating XML documents. The Grammar |
| * object stores the validation information in a compiled form. Specific |
| * subclasses extend this class and "populate" the grammar by compiling |
| * the specific syntax (DTD, Schema, etc) into the data structures used |
| * by this object. |
| * <p> |
| * <strong>Note:</strong> The Grammar object is not useful as a generic |
| * grammar access or query object. In other words, you cannot round-trip |
| * specific grammar syntaxes with the compiled grammar information in |
| * the Grammar object. You <em>can</em> create equivalent validation |
| * rules in your choice of grammar syntax but there is no guarantee that |
| * the input and output will be the same. |
| * |
| * <p> Right now, this class is largely a shell; eventually, |
| * it will be enriched by having more expressive methods added. </p> |
| * will be moved from dtd.Grammar here. |
| * |
| * @author Jeffrey Rodriguez, IBM |
| * @author Eric Ye, IBM |
| * @author Andy Clark, IBM |
| * @author Neil Graham, IBM |
| * |
| */ |
| |
| public interface Grammar { |
| |
| /** |
| * get the <code>XMLGrammarDescription</code> associated with this |
| * object |
| */ |
| public XMLGrammarDescription getGrammarDescription (); |
| } // interface Grammar |
