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 * Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All
 * Rights Reserved. This program is distributed under the W3C's Software
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package org.apache.xerces.dom3.as;

/**
 * @deprecated
 * The content model of a declared element.
 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-DOM-Level-3-ASLS-20011025'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Abstract Schemas and Load
and Save Specification</a>.
 */
public interface ASContentModel extends ASObject {
    /**
     * Signifies unbounded upper limit. The MAX_VALUE value is 
     * <code>0xFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF</code>. This needs to be better defined in 
     * the generated bindings.
     */
    public static final int AS_UNBOUNDED              = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
    // ASContentModelType
    /**
     * This constant value signifies a sequence operator. For example, in a 
     * DTD, this would be the '<code>,</code>' operator.
     */
    public static final short AS_SEQUENCE               = 0;
    /**
     * This constant value signifies a choice operator. For example, in a DTD, 
     * this would be the '<code>|</code>' operator.
     */
    public static final short AS_CHOICE                 = 1;
    /**
     * All of the above.
     */
    public static final short AS_ALL                    = 2;
    /**
     * None of the above, i.e., neither a choice nor sequence operator.
     */
    public static final short AS_NONE                   = 3;

    /**
     *  One of <code>AS_CHOICE</code>, <code>AS_SEQUENCE</code>, 
     * <code>AS_ALL</code> or <code>AS_NONE</code>. The operator is applied 
     * to all the components(ASObjects) in the <code>subModels</code>. For 
     * example, if the list operator is <code>AS_CHOICE</code> and the 
     * components in subModels are a, b and c then the abstract schema for 
     * the element being declared is <code>(a|b|c)</code>. 
     */
    public short getListOperator();
    /**
     *  One of <code>AS_CHOICE</code>, <code>AS_SEQUENCE</code>, 
     * <code>AS_ALL</code> or <code>AS_NONE</code>. The operator is applied 
     * to all the components(ASObjects) in the <code>subModels</code>. For 
     * example, if the list operator is <code>AS_CHOICE</code> and the 
     * components in subModels are a, b and c then the abstract schema for 
     * the element being declared is <code>(a|b|c)</code>. 
     */
    public void setListOperator(short listOperator);

    /**
     * min occurrence for this content particle. Its value may be 0 or a 
     * positive integer. 
     */
    public int getMinOccurs();
    /**
     * min occurrence for this content particle. Its value may be 0 or a 
     * positive integer. 
     */
    public void setMinOccurs(int minOccurs);

    /**
     *  maximum occurrence for this content particle. Its value may be 
     * <code>0</code>, a positive integer, or <code>AS_UNBOUNDED</code> to 
     * indicate that no upper limit has been set. 
     */
    public int getMaxOccurs();
    /**
     *  maximum occurrence for this content particle. Its value may be 
     * <code>0</code>, a positive integer, or <code>AS_UNBOUNDED</code> to 
     * indicate that no upper limit has been set. 
     */
    public void setMaxOccurs(int maxOccurs);

    /**
     * Pointers to <code>ASObject</code>s such as 
     * <code> ASElementDeclaration</code>s and further 
     * <code>ASContentModel</code>s. 
     */
    public ASObjectList getSubModels();
    /**
     * Pointers to <code>ASObject</code>s such as 
     * <code> ASElementDeclaration</code>s and further 
     * <code>ASContentModel</code>s. 
     */
    public void setSubModels(ASObjectList subModels);

    /**
     * Removes the <code>ASObject</code> in the submodel. Nodes that already 
     * exist in the list are moved as needed. 
     * @param oldNode The node to be removed.
     */
    public void removesubModel(ASObject oldNode);

    /**
     * Inserts a new node in the submodel. Nodes that already exist in the 
     * list are moved as needed. 
     * @param newNode The new node to be inserted.
     * @exception DOMASException
     *    <code>DUPLICATE_NAME_ERR</code>: Raised if a element declaration 
     *   already exists with the same name within an <code>AS_CHOICE</code> 
     *   operator. 
     */
    public void insertsubModel(ASObject newNode)
                               throws DOMASException;

    /**
     * Appends a new node to the end of the list representing the
     * <code>subModels</code>.
     * @param newNode The new node to be appended.
     * @return the length of the <code>subModels</code>.
     * @exception DOMASException
     *    <code>DUPLICATE_NAME_ERR</code>: Raised if a element declaration 
     *   already exists with the same name within an <code>AS_CHOICE</code> 
     *   operator. 
     *   <br> <code>TYPE_ERR</code>: Raised if type is neither an 
     *   <code>ASContentModel</code> nor an <code>ASElementDeclaration</code>
     *   . 
     */
    public int appendsubModel(ASObject newNode)
                              throws DOMASException;

}