org.relaxng.datatype
Interface DatatypeLibrary


public interface DatatypeLibrary

A Datatype library

Author:
James Clark, Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI

Method Summary
 Datatype createDatatype(java.lang.String typeLocalName)
          Gets or creates a pre-defined type.
 DatatypeBuilder createDatatypeBuilder(java.lang.String baseTypeLocalName)
          Creates a new instance of DatatypeBuilder.
 

Method Detail

createDatatypeBuilder

public DatatypeBuilder createDatatypeBuilder(java.lang.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.
DatatypeException

createDatatype

public Datatype createDatatype(java.lang.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.
DatatypeException