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  package mf.org.apache.xerces.xs;
  
  /**
   * This interface represents the Annotation schema component.
   */
  public interface XSAnnotation extends XSObject {
      // TargetType
      /**
       * The object type is <code>org.w3c.dom.Element</code>.
       */
      short W3C_DOM_ELEMENT = 1;
      /**
       * The object type is <code>org.xml.sax.ContentHandler</code>.
       */
      short SAX_CONTENTHANDLER = 2;
      /**
       * The object type is <code>org.w3c.dom.Document</code>.
       */
      short W3C_DOM_DOCUMENT = 3;
  
      /**
       * Write contents of the annotation to the specified object. If the
       * specified <code>target</code> is a DOM object, in-scope namespace
       * declarations for <code>annotation</code> element are added as
       * attribute nodes of the serialized <code>annotation</code>, otherwise
       * the corresponding events for all in-scope namespace declarations are
       * sent via the specified document handler.
       *
       * @param target     A target pointer to the annotation target object, i.e.
       *                   <code>org.w3c.dom.Document</code>, <code>org.w3c.dom.Element</code>
       *                   , <code>org.xml.sax.ContentHandler</code>.
       * @param targetType A target type.
       * @return True if the <code>target</code> is a recognized type and
       * supported by this implementation, otherwise false.
       */
      boolean writeAnnotation(Object target,
                              short targetType);
  
      /**
       * A text representation of the annotation.
       */
      String getAnnotationString();
  
  }
  