01: /*
02: * GeoTools - OpenSource mapping toolkit
03: * http://geotools.org
04: * (C) 2002-2006, GeoTools Project Managment Committee (PMC)
05: *
06: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
07: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
08: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
09: * version 2.1 of the License.
10: *
11: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15: */
16: package org.geotools.xml.impl;
17:
18: import org.eclipse.xsd.XSDAttributeDeclaration;
19:
20: /**
21: * Classes implementing this interace serve as handlers for attributes in an
22: * instance document as it is parsed.
23: *
24: * <p>
25: * An attribute handler corresponds to a specific attribute in a schema.
26: * </p>
27: *
28: * @author Justin Deoliveira,Refractions Research Inc.,jdeolive@refractions.net
29: */
30: public interface AttributeHandler extends Handler {
31: /**
32: * @return The schema declaration of the attribute being handled.
33: */
34: XSDAttributeDeclaration getAttributeDeclaration();
35:
36: /**
37: * Sets the attribute instance being handled by the handler.
38: *
39: * @param value The value of the attribute from an instance document.
40: */
41: void handleAttribute(String value);
42: }
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