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61 
62 package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dtd.models;
63 
64 import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xni.QName;
65 
66 /**
67  */
68 public interface ContentModelValidator {
69 
70     //
71     // Methods
72     //
73 
74     /**
75      * validate
76      *
77      * @param children
78      * @param offset
79      * @param length
80      *
81      * @return The value -1 if fully valid, else the 0 based index of the child
82      *         that first failed. If the value returned is equal to the number
83      *         of children, then the specified children are valid but additional
84      *         content is required to reach a valid ending state.
85      */
validate(QName[] children, int offset, int length)86     public int validate(QName[] children, int offset, int length);
87 
88 } // interface ContentModelValidator
89