Interface ComplexType

  • All Superinterfaces:
    SchemaComponent, SchemaType, java.io.Serializable
    All Known Implementing Classes:
    AnyType, Untyped

    public interface ComplexType
    extends SchemaType
    A complex type as defined in XML Schema: either a user-defined complex type, or xs:anyType. In the non-schema-aware version of the Saxon product, the only complex type encountered is xs:anyType.
    • Method Detail

      • isAbstract

        boolean isAbstract()
        Test whether this complex type has been marked as abstract.
        Returns:
        true if this complex type is abstract.
      • isComplexContent

        boolean isComplexContent()
        Test whether this complex type has complex content
        Returns:
        true if this complex type has a complex content model, false if it has a simple content model
      • isSimpleContent

        boolean isSimpleContent()
        Test whether this complexType has simple content
        Returns:
        true if this complex type has a simple content model, false if it has a complex content model
      • isAllContent

        boolean isAllContent()
        Test whether this complex type has "all" content, that is, a content model using an xs:all compositor
      • getSimpleContentType

        SimpleType getSimpleContentType()
        Get the simple content type
        Returns:
        For a complex type with simple content, returns the simple type of the content. Otherwise, returns null.
      • isRestricted

        boolean isRestricted()
        Test whether this complex type is derived by restriction
        Returns:
        true if this complex type is derived by restriction
      • isEmptyContent

        boolean isEmptyContent()
        Test whether the content model of this complex type is empty
        Returns:
        true if the content model is defined as empty
      • isMixedContent

        boolean isMixedContent()
        Test whether this complex type allows mixed content
        Returns:
        true if mixed content is allowed
      • subsumes

        java.lang.String subsumes​(ComplexType sub)
                           throws ValidationException
        Test whether this complex type subsumes another complex type. The algorithm used is as published by Thompson and Tobin, XML Europe 2003.
        Parameters:
        sub - the other type (the type that is derived by restriction, validly or otherwise)
        Returns:
        null indicating that this type does indeed subsume the other; or a string indicating why it doesn't.
        Throws:
        ValidationException
      • getElementParticleType

        SchemaType getElementParticleType​(int fingerprint)
                                   throws SchemaException,
                                          ValidationException
        Find an element particle within this complex type definition having a given element name (identified by fingerprint), and return the schema type associated with that element particle. If there is no such particle, return null. If the fingerprint matches an element wildcard, return the type of the global element declaration with the given name if one exists, or AnyType if none exists and lax validation is permitted by the wildcard.
        Parameters:
        fingerprint - Identifies the name of the child element within this content model
        Throws:
        SchemaException
        ValidationException
      • getAttributeUseType

        SchemaType getAttributeUseType​(int fingerprint)
                                throws SchemaException,
                                       ValidationException
        Find an attribute use within this complex type definition having a given attribute name (identified by fingerprint), and return the schema type associated with that attribute. If there is no such attribute use, return null. If the fingerprint matches an attribute wildcard, return the type of the global attribute declaration with the given name if one exists, or AnySimpleType if none exists and lax validation is permitted by the wildcard.

        If there are types derived from this type by extension, search those too.

        Parameters:
        fingerprint - Identifies the name of the child element within this content model
        Throws:
        SchemaException
        ValidationException