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package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dv;

import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dv.ValidationContext;

/**
 * The interface that a DTD datatype must implement. The implementation of this
 * interface must be thread-safe.
 *
 * @xerces.internal
 *
 * @author Sandy Gao, IBM
 *
 */
public interface DatatypeValidator {

    /**
     * validate a given string against this DV
     *
     * @param content       the string value that needs to be validated
     * @param context       the validation context
     */
    public void validate(String content, ValidationContext context)
        throws InvalidDatatypeValueException;

}
