com.thaiopensource.validate

Interface SchemaReaderFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

NewSaxonSchemaReaderFactory, OldSaxonSchemaReaderFactory, SchemaReaderLoader, SchematronSchemaReaderFactory, XalanSchemaReaderFactory, XsdSchemaReaderFactory

public interface SchemaReaderFactory

A factory for SchemaReader. A class that implements this interface can be automatically discovered by SchemaReaderLoader, if it has a 0-argument constructor and if its name is listed in the file META-INF/services/com.thaiopensource.validate.SchemaReaderFactory.

See Also:

SchemaReaderLoader, SchemaReader

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SchemaReader	createSchemaReader(String namespaceUri) Creates a SchemaReader for a particular schema language.
Option	getOption(String uri)

Method Detail

createSchemaReader

SchemaReader createSchemaReader(String namespaceUri)

Creates a SchemaReader for a particular schema language.

Parameters:

namespaceUri - a String identifing the schema language; must not be null; for schema languages that use XML, this should be the namespace URI of the root element if the root element has a non-absent namespace URI

Returns:

a SchemaReader for the specified schema language, or null, if this SchemaReaderFactory cannot create a SchemaReader for the specified schema language

getOption

Option getOption(String uri)