package org.wamblee.xmlrouter.config;

import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;

public interface DocumentType {
    
    /**
     * Symbolic name for the document type. 
     * @return Name. 
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Checks if a document is of the given type. 
     * @param aSource Document
     * @return True iff the document is of the given type. 
     */
    boolean isInstance(DOMSource aSource);
    
    /**
     * Validates the document. Implementations that do not validate should simply
     * return true always. 
     * @param aSource Document.
     * @return True iff the document is valid. 
     */
    boolean validate(DOMSource aSource);
}