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  22 package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dv;
  23 
  24 import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dv.ValidationContext;
  25 
  26 /**
  27  * The interface that a DTD datatype must implement. The implementation of this
  28  * interface must be thread-safe.
  29  *
  30  * @xerces.internal
  31  *
  32  * @author Sandy Gao, IBM
  33  *
  34  */
  35 public interface DatatypeValidator {
  36 
  37     /**
  38      * validate a given string against this DV
  39      *
  40      * @param content       the string value that needs to be validated
  41      * @param context       the validation context
  42      */
  43     public void validate(String content, ValidationContext context)
  44         throws InvalidDatatypeValueException;
  45 
  46 }