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package org.apache.xerces.impl.dv;

import java.util.Locale;

import org.apache.xerces.impl.dv.xs.TypeValidatorHelper;

/**
 * ValidationContext has all the information required for the
 * validation of: id, idref, entity, notation, qname
 * 
 * @xerces.internal 
 *
 * @author Sandy Gao, IBM
 * @version $Id: ValidationContext.java 1171147 2011-09-15 15:44:30Z knoaman $
 */
public interface ValidationContext {
    // whether to validate against facets
    public boolean needFacetChecking();

    // whether to do extra id/idref/entity checking
    public boolean needExtraChecking();

    // whether we need to normalize the value that is passed!
    public boolean needToNormalize();

    // are namespaces relevant in this context?
    public boolean useNamespaces();

    // entity
    public boolean isEntityDeclared (String name);
    public boolean isEntityUnparsed (String name);

    // id
    public boolean isIdDeclared (String name);
    public void    addId(String name);

    // idref
    public void addIdRef(String name);

    // get symbol from symbol table
    public String getSymbol (String symbol);

    // qname
    public String getURI(String prefix);
    
    // Locale
    public Locale getLocale();
    
    // TypeValidatorHelper
    public TypeValidatorHelper getTypeValidatorHelper();
    
    // Datatype XML version
    public short getDatatypeXMLVersion();
}
