https://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/: Xerces2 is the next generation of high performance, fully compliant XML parsers in the Apache Xerces family. This new version of Xerces introduces the Xerces Native Interface (XNI), a complete framework for building parser components and configurations that is extremely modular and easy to program. The Apache Xerces2 parser is the reference implementation of XNI but other parser components, configurations, and parsers can be written using the Xerces Native Interface. For complete design and implementation documents, refer to the XNI Manual. Xerces2 is a fully conforming XML Schema 1.0 processor. A partial experimental implementation of the XML Schema 1.1 Structures and Datatypes Working Drafts (December 2009) and an experimental implementation of the XML Schema Definition Language (XSD): Component Designators (SCD) Candidate Recommendation (January 2010) are provided for evaluation. For more information, refer to the XML Schema page. Xerces2 also provides a complete implementation of the Document Object Model Level 3 Core and Load/Save W3C Recommendations and provides a complete implementation of the XML Inclusions (XInclude) W3C Recommendation. It also provides support for OASIS XML Catalogs v1.1. Xerces2 is able to parse documents written according to the XML 1.1 Recommendation, except that it does not yet provide an option to enable normalization checking as described in section 2.13 of this specification. It also handles namespaces according to the XML Namespaces 1.1 Recommendation, and will correctly serialize XML 1.1 documents if the DOM level 3 load/save APIs are in use. 
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package org.apache.xerces.xs;


The XSObject is a base object for the XML Schema component 
model. 

/**
 * The <code>XSObject</code> is a base object for the XML Schema component 
 * model. 
 */
public interface XSObject {
    
 The type of this object, i.e. 
ELEMENT_DECLARATION. 

/**
     *  The <code>type</code> of this object, i.e. 
     * <code>ELEMENT_DECLARATION</code>. 
     */
    public short getType();

    
The name of type NCName, as defined in XML Namespaces, of 
this declaration specified in the {name} property of the 
component or null if the definition of this component 
does not have a {name} 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.

/**
     * 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 null if it is 
unspecified. 

/**
     *  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 
null otherwise.

/**
     * 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();

}