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package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xs;

/**
 *  Represents a PSVI item for one element information item.
 */
public interface ElementPSVI extends ItemPSVI {
    /**
     * [element declaration]: an item isomorphic to the element declaration
     * used to validate this element.
     */
    public XSElementDeclaration getElementDeclaration();

    /**
     *  [notation]: the notation declaration.
     */
    public XSNotationDeclaration getNotation();

    /**
     * [nil]: true if clause 3.2 of Element Locally Valid (Element) (3.3.4) is
     * satisfied, otherwise false.
     */
    public boolean getNil();

    /**
     * schema information: the schema information property if it is the
     * validation root, <code>null</code> otherwise.
     */
    public XSModel getSchemaInformation();

}