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| package org.apache.axiom.core; |
| |
| import java.util.Iterator; |
| |
| /** |
| * Defines the semantics of a particular API. |
| */ |
| public interface Semantics { |
| DetachPolicy getDetachPolicy(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Determine how namespace lookups are performed. |
| * |
| * @return {@code true} if only namespace declarations are taken into account. {@code false} if |
| * the prefixes of the element and its ancestors are also taken into account (limited to |
| * instanced of {@link CoreNSAwareElement}), even if no explicit namespace declarations |
| * exists for these prefixes. |
| */ |
| boolean isUseStrictNamespaceLookup(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Check if the given node type is a parent node type. This determines the set of nodes that are |
| * selected by {@link Axis#DESCENDANTS} and {@link Axis#DESCENDANTS_OR_SELF}. |
| * |
| * @param node |
| * the node type to check |
| * @return {@code true} if the node type is a parent node; {@link false} if the node type is |
| * considered a leaf node type |
| */ |
| boolean isParentNode(NodeType nodeType); |
| |
| /** |
| * Translate the given exception to an unchecked exception. This is used by {@link NodeIterator} |
| * to translate exceptions that are triggered in {@link Iterator#hasNext()}, |
| * {@link Iterator#next()} and {@link Iterator#remove()}. |
| * |
| * @param ex |
| * the original (checked) exception |
| * @return the corresponding unchecked exception |
| */ |
| RuntimeException toUncheckedException(CoreModelException ex); |
| } |