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package org.springframework.xml.xsd;

import java.io.IOException;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;

import org.springframework.xml.validation.XmlValidator;

/**
 * Represents an abstraction for XSD schemas.
 *
 * @author Mark LaFond
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 * @since 1.5.0
 */
public interface XsdSchema {

    /**
     * Returns the target namespace of this schema.
     *
     * @return the target namespace
     */
    String getTargetNamespace();

    /**
     * Returns the {@link Source} of the schema.
     *
     * @return the source of this XSD schema
     */
    Source getSource();

    /**
     * Creates a {@link XmlValidator} based on the schema.
     *
     * @return a validator for this schema
     * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
     */
    XmlValidator createValidator() throws IOException;
}
