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package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dv;

import java.util.Locale;

/**

 * ValidationContext has all the information required for the

 * validation of: id, idref, entity, notation, qname

 *

 * @xerces.internal

 *

 * @author Sandy Gao, IBM

 */

public interface ValidationContext {

    // whether to validate against facets

    public boolean needFacetChecking();

    // whether to do extra id/idref/entity checking

    public boolean needExtraChecking();

    // whether we need to normalize the value that is passed!

    public boolean needToNormalize();

    // are namespaces relevant in this context?

    public boolean useNamespaces();

    // entity

    public boolean isEntityDeclared (String name);

    public boolean isEntityUnparsed (String name);

    // id

    public boolean isIdDeclared (String name);

    public void    addId(String name);

    // idref

    public void addIdRef(String name);

    // get symbol from symbol table

    public String getSymbol (String symbol);

    // qname

    public String getURI(String prefix);

    // Locale

    public Locale getLocale();

}