ant/org.eclipse.ant.ui/Ant Editor/org/eclipse/ant/internal/ui/dtd/IElement.java

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 * Contributors:
 *		Object Factory Inc. - Initial implementation
 *		IBM Corporation - fix for Bug 40951
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package org.eclipse.ant.internal.ui.dtd;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * IElement interface.
 * 
 * @author Bob Foster
 */
public interface IElement extends IAtom {

	/**
	 * @return true if the element has been referenced in a schema but is not yet defined.
	 */
	public boolean isUndefined();

	/**
	 * @return true if element model is <code>"(#PCDATA)"</code>.
	 */
	public boolean isText();

	/**
	 * @return true if element model is EMPTY.
	 */
	public boolean isEmpty();

	/**
	 * @return true if element model is ANY.
	 */
	public boolean isAny();

	/**
	 * @return the element's content model. The content model will be empty if <code>isText()</code>, <code>isAny()</code> or <code>isEmpty()</code>.
	 *         Note that the content model deals with child elements only; use <code>isMixed()</code> to see if text is also allowed.
	 */
	public IModel getContentModel();

	/**
	 * @return the DFM corresponding to the content model. Every element has a DFM.
	 */
	public IDfm getDfm();

	/**
	 * @return Map with attribute qname keys and IAttr values. If element has no attributes, the map is empty. Map must not be modified by caller; for
	 *         performance reasons, it is not a copy.
	 */
	public Map<String, IAttribute> getAttributes();
}