1 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // MillScript-XML: an Open Spice interpreter and batch website creation tool
3 // Copyright (C) 2005 Kevin Rogers
4 //
5 // This file is part of MillScript-XML.
6 //
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20 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
21 package org.millscript.commons.xml.api;
22
23 /**
24 * This interface represents an attribute definition in the XML DTD model.
25 */
26 public interface AttDef {
27
28 /**
29 * Returns the default declaration for this attribute definition.
30 *
31 * @return a String representing the default declaration for this
32 * attribute definition, either <code>"#REQUIRED"</code>,
33 * <code>"#IMPLIED"</code> or <code>"#FIXED"</code>
34 * @todo This should probably be handled by a visitor pattern or some
35 * other non string comparison way
36 */
37 String getDefaultDecl();
38
39 /**
40 * Returns the default value for this attribute.
41 *
42 * @return a String holding the default value for this attribute or
43 * <code>null</code> if there is no default
44 */
45 String getDefaultValue();
46
47 /**
48 * Returns the name of the attribute this definition represents.
49 *
50 * @return the <code>Name</code> of the attribute this definition
51 * represents
52 */
53 Name getName();
54
55 }