jena-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/ext/xerces/impl/dv/DatatypeValidator.java

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package org.apache.jena.ext.xerces.impl.dv;


/**
 * The interface that a DTD datatype must implement. The implementation of this
 * interface must be thread-safe.
 * 
 * {@literal @xerces.internal}
 *
 * @author Sandy Gao, IBM
 *
 * @version $Id: DatatypeValidator.java 699892 2008-09-28 21:08:27Z mrglavas $
 */
public interface DatatypeValidator {

    /**
     * validate a given string against this DV
     *
     * @param content       the string value that needs to be validated
     * @param context       the validation context
     */
    public void validate(String content, ValidationContext context)
        throws InvalidDatatypeValueException;

}