             return true;
         }
 
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-        
-        
         // We treat maxOccurs="1" as a special case and not check the
         // occurence because we need to pass through values to SOAP
         // encoded Arrays which do not rely on minOccurs/maxOccurs

            if (encodedElement != null)
                appendValue(siblings, encodedElement);

            // if required, but no value was encoded, the definition is not
            // satisfied
            if (isRequired  && encodedElement == null)

        var maxOccurs:uint = getMaxOccurs(definition);
        var minOccurs:uint = getMinOccurs(definition);

        // If the maximum occurence is 0 this element must not be present.
        if (maxOccurs == 0)
            return true;

        isRequired = isRequired && minOccurs > 0;

        // <element ref="..."> may be used to point to a top-level element definition
