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16 package org.wamblee.xmlrouter.config;
18 import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
21 * Represents a type of document with methods to check whether it is an instance
22 * of the type and to validate it.
24 * @author Erik Brakkee
27 public interface DocumentType {
30 * Symbolic name for the document type.
37 * Checks if a document is of the given type.
41 * @return True iff the document is of the given type.
43 boolean isInstance(DOMSource aSource);
46 * Validates the document. Implementations that do not validate should
47 * simply return true always.
51 * @return True iff the document is valid.
53 boolean validate(DOMSource aSource);