1 /* 2 * Copyright 2008 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.springframework.xml.xsd; 18 19 import java.io.IOException; 20 import javax.xml.transform.Source; 21 22 import org.springframework.xml.validation.XmlValidator; 23 24 /** 25 * Represents an abstraction for XSD schemas. 26 * 27 * @author Mark LaFond 28 * @author Arjen Poutsma 29 * @since 1.5.0 30 */ 31 public interface XsdSchema { 32 33 /** 34 * Returns the target namespace of this schema. 35 * 36 * @return the target namespace 37 */ 38 String getTargetNamespace(); 39 40 /** 41 * Returns the {@link Source} of the schema. 42 * 43 * @return the source of this XSD schema 44 */ 45 Source getSource(); 46 47 /** 48 * Creates a {@link XmlValidator} based on the schema. 49 * 50 * @return a validator for this schema 51 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors 52 */ 53 XmlValidator createValidator() throws IOException; 54 }