com.sun.tools.rngdatatype

Interface DatatypeLibrary

All Known Implementing Classes:

BuiltinDatatypeLibrary

public interface DatatypeLibrary

A Datatype library

Author:

James Clark, Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Datatype	createDatatype(String typeLocalName) Gets or creates a pre-defined type.
DatatypeBuilder	createDatatypeBuilder(String baseTypeLocalName) Creates a new instance of DatatypeBuilder.

Method Detail

createDatatypeBuilder

DatatypeBuilder createDatatypeBuilder(String baseTypeLocalName)
                               throws DatatypeException

Creates a new instance of DatatypeBuilder. The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.

Parameters:

baseTypeLocalName - The local name of the base type.

Returns:

A non-null valid datatype object.

Throws:

DatatypeException

createDatatype

Datatype createDatatype(String typeLocalName)
                 throws DatatypeException

Gets or creates a pre-defined type. This is just a short-cut of createDatatypeBuilder(typeLocalName).createDatatype(); The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.

Returns:

A non-null valid datatype object.

Throws:

DatatypeException