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The same index for 90 * the {@link org.xml.sax.Attributes} object passed to the 91 * <tt>startElement</tt> callback. 92 * 93 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException 94 * If the index is invalid. 95 * @throws IllegalStateException 96 * If this method is called from other {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler} 97 * methods. 98 * 99 * @return 100 * An immutable {@link TypeInfo} object that represents the 101 * type of the specified attribute. 102 * Note that the caller can keep references to the obtained 103 * {@link TypeInfo} longer than the callback scope. 104 * 105 * Otherwise, this method returns 106 * null if the validator is unable to 107 * determine the type. 108 */ getAttributeTypeInfo(int index)109 public abstract TypeInfo getAttributeTypeInfo(int index); 110 111 /** 112 * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the specified attribute is determined 113 * to be ID. 114 * 115 * <p> 116 * Exactly how an attribute is "determined to be ID" is up to the 117 * schema language. In case of W3C XML Schema, this means 118 * that the actual type of the attribute is the built-in ID type 119 * or its derived type. 120 * 121 * <p> 122 * A {@link javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder} uses this information 123 * to properly implement {@link org.w3c.dom.Attr#isId()}. 124 * 125 * <p> 126 * The method may only be called by the startElement event of 127 * the {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler} that the application sets to the 128 * {@link ValidatorHandler}. 129 * 130 * @param index 131 * The index of the attribute. The same index for 132 * the {@link org.xml.sax.Attributes} object passed to the 133 * <tt>startElement</tt> callback. 134 * 135 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException 136 * If the index is invalid. 137 * @throws IllegalStateException 138 * If this method is called from other {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler} 139 * methods. 140 * 141 * @return true 142 * if the type of the specified attribute is ID. 143 */ isIdAttribute(int index)144 public abstract boolean isIdAttribute(int index); 145 146 /** 147 * Returns <tt>false</tt> if the attribute was added by the validator. 148 * 149 * <p> 150 * This method provides information necessary for 151 * a {@link javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder} to determine what 152 * the DOM tree should return from the {@link org.w3c.dom.Attr#getSpecified()} method. 153 * 154 * <p> 155 * The method may only be called by the startElement event of 156 * the {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler} that the application sets to the 157 * {@link ValidatorHandler}. 158 * 159 * <p> 160 * A general guideline for validators is to return true if 161 * the attribute was originally present in the pipeline, and 162 * false if it was added by the validator. 163 * 164 * @param index 165 * The index of the attribute. The same index for 166 * the {@link org.xml.sax.Attributes} object passed to the 167 * <tt>startElement</tt> callback. 168 * 169 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException 170 * If the index is invalid. 171 * @throws IllegalStateException 172 * If this method is called from other {@link org.xml.sax.ContentHandler} 173 * methods. 174 * 175 * @return 176 * <tt>true</tt> if the attribute was present before the validator 177 * processes input. <tt>false</tt> if the attribute was added 178 * by the validator. 179 */ isSpecified(int index)180 public abstract boolean isSpecified(int index); 181 } 182