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package javax.xml.validation;

/**
 * An immutable grammar.
 *
 * @author <a href='mailto:dog@gnu.org'>Chris Burdess</a>
 * @since 1.3
 */
public abstract class Schema
{

  protected Schema()
  {
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new validator that can check the set of constraints this
   * schema represents.
   */
  public abstract Validator newValidator();

  public abstract ValidatorHandler newValidatorHandler();
  
}
