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 }