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21
22package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.models;
23
24import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xni.QName;
25
26/**
27 */
28public interface ContentModelValidator {
29
30    //
31    // Methods
32    //
33
34    /**
35     * validate
36     *
37     * @param children
38     * @param offset
39     * @param length
40     *
41     * @return The value -1 if fully valid, else the 0 based index of the child
42     *         that first failed. If the value returned is equal to the number
43     *         of children, then the specified children are valid but additional
44     *         content is required to reach a valid ending state.
45     */
46    public int validate(QName[] children, int offset, int length);
47
48} // interface ContentModelValidator
49