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

/**

 * The <code>XSObject</code> is a base object for the XML Schema component

 * model.

 */

public interface XSObject {

    /**

     *  The <code>type</code> of this object, i.e.

     * <code>ELEMENT_DECLARATION</code>.

     */

    public short getType();

    /**

     * The name of type <code>NCName</code>, as defined in XML Namespaces, of

     * this declaration specified in the <code>{name}</code> property of the

     * component or <code>null</code> if the definition of this component

     * does not have a <code>{name}</code> property. For anonymous types,

     * the processor must construct and expose an anonymous type name that

     * is distinct from the name of every named type and the name of every

     * other anonymous type.

     */

    public String getName();

    /**

     *  The [target namespace] of this object, or <code>null</code> if it is

     * unspecified.

     */

    public String getNamespace();

    /**

     * A namespace schema information item corresponding to the target

     * namespace of the component, if it is globally declared; or

     * <code>null</code> otherwise.

     */

    public XSNamespaceItem getNamespaceItem();

}