* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
- */
+ */
package org.wamblee.xmlrouter.config;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
-public interface DocumentType {
-
+/**
+ * Represents a type of document with methods to check whether it is an instance
+ * of the type and to validate it.
+ *
+ * @author Erik Brakkee
+ *
+ */
+public interface DocumentType extends Identifiable<DocumentType> {
+
/**
- * Symbolic name for the document type.
- * @return Name.
+ * 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.
+ * 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.
+ * 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);
}