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package com.sun.xml.internal.xsom;

import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.xml.sax.Locator;
import com.sun.xml.internal.org.relaxng.datatype.ValidationContext;

Foreign attributes on schema elements.

This is not a schema component as defined in the spec,
but this is often useful for a schema processing application.
Author:
Kohsuke Kawaguchi/**
 * Foreign attributes on schema elements.
 *
 * <p>
 * This is not a schema component as defined in the spec,
 * but this is often useful for a schema processing application.
 *
 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
 */
public interface ForeignAttributes extends Attributes {
    
Returns context information of the element to which foreign attributes
are attached.
 For example, this can be used to resolve relative references to other resources (by using ValidationContext.getBaseUri()) or to resolve namespace prefixes in the attribute values (by using ValidationContext.resolveNamespacePrefix(String). 
Returns:

     always non-null./**
     * Returns context information of the element to which foreign attributes
     * are attached.
     *
     * <p>
     * For example, this can be used to resolve relative references to other resources
     * (by using {@link ValidationContext#getBaseUri()}) or to resolve
     * namespace prefixes in the attribute values (by using {@link ValidationContext#resolveNamespacePrefix(String)}.
     *
     * @return
     *      always non-null.
     */
    ValidationContext getContext();

    
Returns the location of the element to which foreign attributes
are attached.
/**
     * Returns the location of the element to which foreign attributes
     * are attached.
     */
    Locator getLocator();
}