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package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xs;

/**

 *  Represents a PSVI item for one element information item.

 */

public interface ElementPSVI extends ItemPSVI {

    /**

     * [element declaration]: an item isomorphic to the element declaration

     * used to validate this element.

     */

    public XSElementDeclaration getElementDeclaration();

    /**

     *  [notation]: the notation declaration.

     */

    public XSNotationDeclaration getNotation();

    /**

     * [nil]: true if clause 3.2 of Element Locally Valid (Element) (3.3.4) is

     * satisfied, otherwise false.

     */

    public boolean getNil();

    /**

     * schema information: the schema information property if it is the

     * validation root, <code>null</code> otherwise.

     */

    public XSModel getSchemaInformation();

}