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package com.sun.xml.internal.xsom;

import org.xml.sax.Attributes;

import org.xml.sax.Locator;

/**

 * 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.

     *

     * <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.

     */

    Locator getLocator();

}