Interface AtomicType

All Superinterfaces:
ItemType, SchemaComponent, SchemaType, Serializable, SimpleType
All Known Implementing Classes:
BuiltInAtomicType, ExternalObjectType

public interface AtomicType extends SimpleType, ItemType
Marker interface for atomic types (these are either built-in atomic types or user-defined atomic types). An AtomicType is both an ItemType (a possible type for items in a sequence) and a SchemaType (a possible type for validating and annotating nodes).
  • Method Details

    • makeDerivedValue

      AtomicValue makeDerivedValue(AtomicValue primValue, CharSequence lexicalValue, boolean validate)
      Factory method to create values of a derived atomic type. This method is not used to create values of a built-in type, even one that is not primitive.
      Parameters:
      primValue - the value in the value space of the primitive type
      lexicalValue - the value in the lexical space. If null, the string value of primValue is used. This value is checked against the pattern facet (if any)
      validate - true if the value is to be validated against the facets of the derived type; false if the caller knows that the value is already valid.
      Returns:
      the derived atomic value if validation succeeds, or an ErrorValue otherwise. The ErrorValue encapsulates the exception that occurred; it is the caller's responsibility to check for this.