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 21 import org.springframework.xml.validation.XmlValidator; 22 23 /** 24 * Represents an abstraction for a collection of XSD schemas. 25 * 26 * @author Arjen Poutsma 27 * @since 1.5.0 28 */ 29 public interface XsdSchemaCollection { 30 31 /** 32 * Returns all schemas contained in this collection. 33 * 34 * @return the schemas contained in this collection 35 */ 36 XsdSchema[] getXsdSchemas(); 37 38 /** 39 * Creates a {@link XmlValidator} based on the schemas contained in this collection. 40 * 41 * @return a validator for this collection 42 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors 43 */ 44 XmlValidator createValidator() throws IOException; 45 46 }