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21
22package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dv;
23
24import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dv.ValidationContext;
25
26/**
27 * The interface that a DTD datatype must implement. The implementation of this
28 * interface must be thread-safe.
29 *
30 * @xerces.internal
31 *
32 * @author Sandy Gao, IBM
33 *
34 */
35public interface DatatypeValidator {
36
37    /**
38     * validate a given string against this DV
39     *
40     * @param content       the string value that needs to be validated
41     * @param context       the validation context
42     */
43    public void validate(String content, ValidationContext context)
44        throws InvalidDatatypeValueException;
45
46}
47