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  package org.w3c.dom.ls;
  
  import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
  import org.w3c.dom.ls.LSInput;
  import org.w3c.dom.ls.LSOutput;
  import org.w3c.dom.ls.LSParser;
  import org.w3c.dom.ls.LSSerializer;
  
  /**
   *  <code>DOMImplementationLS</code> contains the factory methods for creating
   * Load and Save objects.
   * <p> The expectation is that an instance of the
   * <code>DOMImplementationLS</code> interface can be obtained by using
   * binding-specific casting methods on an instance of the
   * <code>DOMImplementation</code> interface or, if the <code>Document</code>
   * supports the feature <code>"Core"</code> version <code>"3.0"</code>
   * defined in [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407'>DOM Level 3 Core</a>]
   * , by using the method <code>DOMImplementation.getFeature</code> with
   * parameter values <code>"LS"</code> (or <code>"LS-Async"</code>) and
   * <code>"3.0"</code> (respectively).
   * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-LS-20040407'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Load
  and Save Specification</a>.
   */
  public interface DOMImplementationLS {
      // DOMImplementationLSMode
      /**
       * Create a synchronous <code>LSParser</code>.
       */
      public static final short MODE_SYNCHRONOUS          = 1;
      /**
       * Create an asynchronous <code>LSParser</code>.
       */
      public static final short MODE_ASYNCHRONOUS         = 2;
  
      /**
       * Create a new <code>LSParser</code>. The newly constructed parser may
       * then be configured by means of its <code>DOMConfiguration</code>
       * object, and used to parse documents by means of its <code>parse</code>
       *  method.
       * @param mode  The <code>mode</code> argument is either
       *   <code>MODE_SYNCHRONOUS</code> or <code>MODE_ASYNCHRONOUS</code>, if
       *   <code>mode</code> is <code>MODE_SYNCHRONOUS</code> then the
       *   <code>LSParser</code> that is created will operate in synchronous
       *   mode, if it's <code>MODE_ASYNCHRONOUS</code> then the
       *   <code>LSParser</code> that is created will operate in asynchronous
       *   mode.
       * @param schemaType  An absolute URI representing the type of the schema
       *   language used during the load of a <code>Document</code> using the
       *   newly created <code>LSParser</code>. Note that no lexical checking
       *   is done on the absolute URI. In order to create a
       *   <code>LSParser</code> for any kind of schema types (i.e. the
       *   LSParser will be free to use any schema found), use the value
       *   <code>null</code>.
       * <p ><b>Note:</b>    For W3C XML Schema [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/'>XML Schema Part 1</a>]
       *   , applications must use the value
       *   <code>"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"</code>. For XML DTD [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204'>XML 1.0</a>],
       *   applications must use the value
       *   <code>"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml"</code>. Other Schema languages
       *   are outside the scope of the W3C and therefore should recommend an
       *   absolute URI in order to use this method.
       * @return  The newly created <code>LSParser</code> object. This
       *   <code>LSParser</code> is either synchronous or asynchronous
       *   depending on the value of the <code>mode</code> argument.
       * <p ><b>Note:</b>    By default, the newly created <code>LSParser</code>
       *   does not contain a <code>DOMErrorHandler</code>, i.e. the value of
       *   the "<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/core.html#parameter-error-handler'>
       *   error-handler</a>" configuration parameter is <code>null</code>. However, implementations
       *   may provide a default error handler at creation time. In that case,
       *   the initial value of the <code>"error-handler"</code> configuration
       *   parameter on the new <code>LSParser</code> object contains a
       *   reference to the default error handler.
       * @exception DOMException
       *    NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if the requested mode or schema type is
       *   not supported.
       */
      public LSParser createLSParser(short mode,
                                     String schemaType)
                                     throws DOMException;
  
      /**
       *  Create a new <code>LSSerializer</code> object.
       * @return The newly created <code>LSSerializer</code> object.
       * <p ><b>Note:</b>    By default, the newly created
       *   <code>LSSerializer</code> has no <code>DOMErrorHandler</code>, i.e.
       *   the value of the <code>"error-handler"</code> configuration
       *   parameter is <code>null</code>. However, implementations may
       *   provide a default error handler at creation time. In that case, the
       *   initial value of the <code>"error-handler"</code> configuration
       *   parameter on the new <code>LSSerializer</code> object contains a
       *   reference to the default error handler.
       */
      public LSSerializer createLSSerializer();
  
      /**
       *  Create a new empty input source object where
       * <code>LSInput.characterStream</code>, <code>LSInput.byteStream</code>
       * , <code>LSInput.stringData</code> <code>LSInput.systemId</code>,
       * <code>LSInput.publicId</code>, <code>LSInput.baseURI</code>, and
       * <code>LSInput.encoding</code> are null, and
       * <code>LSInput.certifiedText</code> is false.
       * @return  The newly created input object.
       */
      public LSInput createLSInput();
  
      /**
       *  Create a new empty output destination object where
       * <code>LSOutput.characterStream</code>,
       * <code>LSOutput.byteStream</code>, <code>LSOutput.systemId</code>,
       * <code>LSOutput.encoding</code> are null.
       * @return  The newly created output object.
       */
      public LSOutput createLSOutput();
  
  }
  