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package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xs;

/**
 * This interface represents the Wildcard schema component.
 */
public interface XSWildcard extends XSTerm {
    // Namespace Constraint
    /**
     * Namespace Constraint: any namespace is allowed.
     */
    public static final short NSCONSTRAINT_ANY          = 1;
    /**
     * Namespace Constraint: namespaces in the list are not allowed.
     */
    public static final short NSCONSTRAINT_NOT          = 2;
    /**
     * Namespace Constraint: namespaces in the list are allowed.
     */
    public static final short NSCONSTRAINT_LIST         = 3;

    // Process contents
    /**
     * There must be a top-level declaration for the item available, or the
     * item must have an xsi:type, and the item must be valid as appropriate.
     */
    public static final short PC_STRICT                 = 1;
    /**
     * No constraints at all: the item must simply be well-formed XML.
     */
    public static final short PC_SKIP                   = 2;
    /**
     * If the item, or any items among its [children] is an element
     * information item, has a uniquely determined declaration available, it
     * must be valid with respect to that definition, that is, validate
     * where you can and do not worry when you cannot.
     */
    public static final short PC_LAX                    = 3;

    /**
     * Namespace constraint: A constraint type: any, not, list.
     */
    public short getConstraintType();

    /**
     * Namespace constraint: For <code>constraintType</code>
     * <code>NSCONSTRAINT_LIST</code>, the list contains allowed namespaces.
     * For <code>constraintType</code> <code>NSCONSTRAINT_NOT</code>, the
     * list contains disallowed namespaces. For <code>constraintType</code>
     * <code>NSCONSTRAINT_ANY</code>, the <code>StringList</code> is empty.
     */
    public StringList getNsConstraintList();

    /**
     * [process contents]: one of skip, lax or strict. Valid constants values
     * are: <code>PC_LAX</code>, <code>PC_SKIP</code> and
     * <code>PC_STRICT</code>.
     */
    public short getProcessContents();

    /**
     * An [annotation] if it exists, otherwise <code>null</code>.
     */
    public XSAnnotation getAnnotation();

}
