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package org.apache.xmlbeans;

/**
 * Represents a local or global attribute definition.
 */ 
public interface SchemaLocalAttribute extends SchemaField, SchemaAnnotated
{
    /**
     * Returns {@link #PROHIBITED}, {@link #OPTIONAL}, or {@link #REQUIRED}.
     * (Actually, never returns PROHIBITED because the schema specificaion
     * states that a prohibited attribute is equivalent to no attribute
     * at all, so a prohibited attribute will never be present in the compiled
     * model.)
     */
    int getUse();

    /** A prohibited attribute.  See {@link #getUse}. */
    static final int PROHIBITED = 1;
    /** An optional attribute.  See {@link #getUse}. */
    static final int OPTIONAL = 2;
    /** A required attribute.  See {@link #getUse}. */
    static final int REQUIRED = 3;
}