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package org.opends.sdk.ldap;



import org.opends.sdk.AttributeDescription;
import org.opends.sdk.DN;
import org.opends.sdk.DecodeException;
import org.opends.sdk.RDN;
import org.opends.sdk.schema.Schema;



/**
 * A reference to a schema which should be used when decoding incoming
 * protocol elements.
 */
public interface ResolvedSchema
{
  DN getInitialDN();



  Schema getSchema();



  DN decodeDN(String dn) throws DecodeException;



  RDN decodeRDN(String rdn) throws DecodeException;



  AttributeDescription decodeAttributeDescription(
      String attributeDescription) throws DecodeException;

}