content: /*
   * Policy.java November 2010
   *
   * Copyright (C) 2010, Niall Gallagher <niallg@users.sf.net>
   *
   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   * You may obtain a copy of the License at
   *
   *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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   */
  
  package com.aliyun.odps.simpleframework.xml.core;
  
  /**
   * The <code>Policy</code> interface is used to represent the XML
   * mapping policy used by the current serialization schema. The
   * policies supported are strict and non-strict mappings. For the
   * strict mapping policy all attributes and elements within the
   * XML document must map to a field or method within the object
   * that is being serialized.
   * 
   * @author Niall Gallagher
   */
  interface Policy {
  
     /**
      * This method is used to determine whether strict mappings are
      * required. Strict mapping means that all labels in the class
      * schema must match the XML elements and attributes in the
      * source XML document. When strict mapping is disabled, then
      * XML elements and attributes that do not exist in the schema
      * class will be ignored without breaking the parser.
      *
      * @return true if strict parsing is enabled, false otherwise
      */ 
     boolean isStrict();
  }
  