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1   /*
2    * Copyright [2006] [University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Inc.]
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  
17  package org.opensaml.xml;
18  
19  import java.util.List;
20  
21  import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
22  
23  /**
24   * An XMLObject whose content model contains "any" child elements.
25   */
26  public interface ElementExtensibleXMLObject extends XMLObject {
27  
28      /**
29       * Gets the list of XMLObjects added to this XMLObject as part of the "any" content model.
30       * 
31       * @return list of XMLObjects added to this XMLObject as part of the "any" content model
32       */
33      public List<XMLObject> getUnknownXMLObjects();
34      
35      /**
36       * Gets the list of XMLObjects added to this XMLObject as part of the "any" content model,
37       * and which match the specified QName.
38       * 
39       * @param typeOrName the QName of the statements to return
40       * @return list of XMLObjects added to this XMLObject as part of the "any" content model
41       */
42      public List<XMLObject> getUnknownXMLObjects(QName typeOrName);
43  }