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  34 
  35 package com.sun.xml.internal.org.relaxng.datatype;
  36 
  37 /**
  38  * Datatype streaming validator.
  39  *
  40  * <p>
  41  * The streaming validator is an optional feature that is useful for
  42  * certain Datatypes. It allows the caller to incrementally provide
  43  * the literal.
  44  *
  45  * @author <a href="mailto:jjc@jclark.com">James Clark</a>
  46  * @author <a href="mailto:kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com">Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI</a>
  47  */
  48 public interface DatatypeStreamingValidator {
  49 
  50         /**
  51          * Passes an additional fragment of the literal.
  52          *
  53          * <p>
  54          * The application can call this method several times, then call
  55          * the isValid method (or the checkValid method) to check the validity
  56          * of the accumulated characters.
  57          */
  58         void addCharacters( char[] buf, int start, int len );
  59 
  60         /**
  61          * Tells if the accumulated literal is valid with respect to
  62          * the underlying Datatype.
  63          *
  64          * @return
  65          *              True if it is valid. False if otherwise.
  66          */
  67         boolean isValid();
  68 
  69         /**
  70          * Similar to the isValid method, but this method throws
  71          * Exception (with possibly diagnostic information), instead of
  72          * returning false.
  73          *
  74          * @exception DatatypeException
  75          *              If the callee supports the diagnosis and the accumulated
  76          *              literal is invalid, then this exception that possibly
  77          *              contains diagnosis information is thrown.
  78          */
  79         void checkValid() throws DatatypeException;
  80 }