41  * change the set of constraints once it is created. In other words,
  42  * if an application validates the same document twice against the same
  43  * {@link Schema}, it must always produce the same result.
  44  *
  45  * <p>
  46  * A {@link Schema} object is usually created from {@link SchemaFactory}.
  47  *
  48  * <p>
  49  * Two kinds of validators can be created from a {@link Schema} object.
  50  * One is {@link Validator}, which provides highly-level validation
  51  * operations that cover typical use cases. The other is
  52  * {@link ValidatorHandler}, which works on top of SAX for better
  53  * modularity.
  54  *
  55  * <p>
  56  * This specification does not refine
  57  * the {@link java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)} method.
  58  * In other words, if you parse the same schema twice, you may
  59  * still get <code>!schemaA.equals(schemaB)</code>.
  60  *
  61  * @author <a href="mailto:Kohsuke.Kawaguchi@Sun.com">Kohsuke Kawaguchi</a>
  62  * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/">XML Schema Part 1: Structures</a>
  63  * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/">Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1</a>
  64  * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml">Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second Edition)</a>
  65  * @since 1.5
  66  */
  67 public abstract class Schema {
  68 
  69     /**
  70      * Constructor for the derived class.
  71      *
  72      * <p>
  73      * The constructor does nothing.
  74      */
  75     protected Schema() {
  76     }
  77 
  78     /**
  79      * Creates a new {@link Validator} for this {@link Schema}.
  80      *
  81      * <p>A validator enforces/checks the set of constraints this object

  41  * change the set of constraints once it is created. In other words,
  42  * if an application validates the same document twice against the same
  43  * {@link Schema}, it must always produce the same result.
  44  *
  45  * <p>
  46  * A {@link Schema} object is usually created from {@link SchemaFactory}.
  47  *
  48  * <p>
  49  * Two kinds of validators can be created from a {@link Schema} object.
  50  * One is {@link Validator}, which provides highly-level validation
  51  * operations that cover typical use cases. The other is
  52  * {@link ValidatorHandler}, which works on top of SAX for better
  53  * modularity.
  54  *
  55  * <p>
  56  * This specification does not refine
  57  * the {@link java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)} method.
  58  * In other words, if you parse the same schema twice, you may
  59  * still get <code>!schemaA.equals(schemaB)</code>.
  60  *
  61  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  62  * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/">XML Schema Part 1: Structures</a>
  63  * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/">Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1</a>
  64  * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml">Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second Edition)</a>
  65  * @since 1.5
  66  */
  67 public abstract class Schema {
  68 
  69     /**
  70      * Constructor for the derived class.
  71      *
  72      * <p>
  73      * The constructor does nothing.
  74      */
  75     protected Schema() {
  76     }
  77 
  78     /**
  79      * Creates a new {@link Validator} for this {@link Schema}.
  80      *
  81      * <p>A validator enforces/checks the set of constraints this object