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package org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.binding.compile;

import org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.binding.logger.BindingLogger;
import org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.binding.bts.BindingLoader;
import org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.jam.JamClassLoader;
import org.apache.xmlbeans.SchemaTypeSystem;
import org.apache.xmlbeans.SchemaTypeLoader;

/**
 * Provides context/initialzation information for a TypeMatcher instance.
 *
 * @author Patrick Calahan <pcal@bea.com>
 */
public interface TypeMatcherContext {

  /**
   * @return The logger to which the type matcher should send log messages.
   */
  public BindingLogger getLogger();

  /**
   * Returns the BindingLoader as a basis for the binding process.  Normally,
   * this will simply be the builtin loader.
   */
  public BindingLoader getBaseBindingLoader();

  /**
   * Returns a SchemaTypeLoader to be used as a basis for the binding process.
   * Normally, this will simply be the builtin loader.
   */
  public SchemaTypeLoader getBaseSchemaTypeLoader();

  /**
   * Returns a JClassLoader to be used as a basis for the binding process.
   * Normally, this will simply be the loader backed by the system
   * classloader.
   */
  public JamClassLoader getBaseJavaTypeLoader();
}