All Known Subinterfaces:

ComplexBinding, SimpleBinding

All Known Implementing Classes:

_axisDescriptionBinding, _ContentMetadataBinding, _CoverageDescriptionBinding, _DataBinding, _DCPBinding, _DescribeCoverageBinding, _ExceptionReportBinding, _Filter_CapabilitiesBinding, _Filter_CapabilitiesBinding, _GetCapabilitiesBinding, _GetCoverageBinding, _HTTPBinding, _keywordsBinding, _LogicalOperatorsBinding, _OperationBinding, _OperationsMetadataBinding, _rangeSetBinding, _ServiceIdentificationBinding, _ServiceProviderBinding, _XlinkPropertyNameBinding, AbstractComplexBinding, AbstractComplexEMFBinding, AbstractDescriptionBaseTypeBinding, AbstractDescriptionTypeBinding, AbstractFeatureCollectionTypeBinding, AbstractFeatureTypeBinding, AbstractGeometricPrimitiveTypeBinding, AbstractGeometryBaseTypeBinding, AbstractGeometryTypeBinding, AbstractGeometryTypeBinding, AbstractGMLTypeBinding, AbstractMetaDataTypeBinding, AbstractRingPropertyTypeBinding, AbstractRingPropertyTypeBinding, AbstractRingTypeBinding, AbstractRingTypeBinding, AbstractSimpleBinding, AbstractSurfaceTypeBinding, AbstractSurfaceTypeBinding, AcceptedFormatsTypeBinding, AcceptFormatsTypeBinding, AcceptVersionsTypeBinding, ActionTypeBinding, AddressTypeBinding, AddressTypeBinding, AfterBinding, AllSomeTypeBinding, AnchorPointBinding, AndBinding, AnyInteractsBinding, ArcStringTypeBinding, ArcTypeBinding, ArgumentsTypeBinding, ArgumentTypeBinding, Arithmetic_OperatorsTypeBinding, AvailableFunctionsTypeBinding, AvailableFunctionTypeBinding, AxisDescriptionType_valuesBinding, AxisDescriptionTypeBinding, Base_TypeNameListTypeBinding, BaseRequestTypeBinding, BaseSymbolizerBinding, BasicIdentificationTypeOws11Binding, BboxtypeBinding, BBOXTypeBinding, BeforeBinding, BeginsBinding, BegunByBinding, BeyondBinding, BinaryComparisonOpTypeBinding, BinaryLogicOpTypeBinding, BinaryPayloadBinding, BinarySpatialOpTypeBinding, BinaryTemporalOpTypeBinding, BoundaryTypeBinding, BoundingBoxTypeBinding, BoundingShapeTypeBinding, BoundingShapeTypeBinding, BrightnessOnlyBinding, CapabilitiesBaseType_LanguagesBinding, CapabilitiesBaseTypeBinding, CapabilitiesBinding, CapabilitiesSectionTypeBinding, CapabilityBinding, CategorizeBinding, ChangeCaseBinding, ChannelSelectionBinding, CircleTypeBinding, CodeListTypeBinding, CodeTypeBinding, CodeTypeBinding, ColorBinding, ColorMapBinding, ColorReplacementBinding, ColorStyleTypeBinding, Comparison_OperatorsTypeBinding, ComparisonOperatorsTypeBinding, ComparisonOperatorsTypeBinding, ComparisonOperatorTypeBinding, ComparisonOperatorTypeBinding, ComplexDataTypeBinding, ComplexEMFBinding, ComplexSupportXSAnyTypeBinding, CompositeCurveTypeBinding, ConcatenateBinding, ConformanceTypeBinding, ContactTypeBinding, ContactTypeBinding, ContainerTypeBinding, ContainsBinding, ContentsTypeBinding, ContrastEnhancementBinding, CoordinatesTypeBinding, CoverageNameBinding, CoverageOfferingBriefTypeBinding, CoverageOfferingTypeBinding, CoverageStyleBinding, CoveragetypeBinding, CrossesBinding, CurveArrayPropertyTypeBinding, CurveArrayPropertyTypeBinding, CurvePropertyTypeBinding, CurvePropertyTypeBinding, CurveSegmentArrayPropertyTypeBinding, CurveTypeBinding, CurveTypeBinding, DataTransmissionModeTypeBinding, DataTypeBinding, DateTimeTypeBinding, DCPTypeBinding, DCPTypeType_HTTPBinding, DCPTypeTypeBinding, DeleteElementTypeBinding, DescribeEOCoverageSetBinding, DescribeFeatureTypeTypeBinding, DescriptionBinding, DescriptionTypeBinding, DescriptionTypeOws11Binding, DimensionBinding, DimensionNameValueBinding, DirectionTypeBinding, DirectPositionListTypeBinding, DirectPositionTypeBinding, DirectPositionTypeBinding, DisjointBinding, DisplacementBinding, DistanceBufferTypeBinding, DocumentTypeBinding, DocumentTypeV22Binding, DomainSetTypeBinding, DomainSubsetTypeBinding, DomainTypeBinding, DoubleListBinding, DoubleListBinding, DoubleListBinding, DuringBinding, DWithinBinding, ElementSetNameTypeBinding, EndedByBinding, EndsBinding, EnumSimpleBinding, EnvelopePropertyTypeBinding, EnvelopeTypeBinding, EnvelopeTypeBinding, EnvelopeTypeBinding, EnvelopeWithTimePeriodTypeBinding, EqualsBinding, ExceptionTypeBinding, ExecuteRequestTypeBinding, ExtendedDataTypeBinding, ExtensionTypeBinding, ExternalGraphicBinding, FeatureArrayPropertyTypeBinding, FeatureCollectionTypeBinding, FeatureCollectionTypeBinding, FeatureCollectionTypeBinding, FeatureCollectionTypeBinding, FeatureInfoResponseBinding, FeaturePropertyTypeBinding, FeaturesLockedTypeBinding, FeaturesNotLockedTypeBinding, FeatureTypeBinding, FeatureTypeListTypeBinding, FeatureTypeListTypeBinding, FeatureTypeStyleBinding, FeatureTypeType_NoSRSBinding, FeatureTypeTypeBinding, FeatureTypeTypeBinding, FillBinding, Filter_CapabilitiesTypeBinding, FilterTypeBinding, FilterTypeBinding, FolderBinding, FolderTypeBinding, FontBinding, FormatDateBinding, FormatNumberBinding, Function_NamesTypeBinding, Function_NameTypeBinding, FunctionsTypeBinding, FunctionTypeBinding, FunctionTypeBinding, GeometryBinding, GeometryOperandsType_GeometryOperandBinding, GeometryOperandsTypeBinding, GeometryOperandsTypeBinding, GeometryOperandTypeBinding, GeometryPropertyTypeBinding, GeometryPropertyTypeBindingBase, GeometryTypeBinding, Geopkgtype_featuresBinding, Geopkgtype_tilesBinding, GeopkgtypeBinding, GetCapabilitiesBinding, GetCapabilitiesTypeBinding, GetCapabilitiesTypeBinding, GetCapabilitiesValueTypeBinding, GetFeatureInfoBinding, GetFeatureInfoValueTypeBinding, GetFeatureTypeBinding, GetFeatureWithLockTypeBinding, GetGmlObjectTypeBinding, GetTileBinding, GetTileValueTypeBinding, GMLAbstractFeatureCollectionBaseTypeBinding, GMLAbstractFeatureCollectionTypeBinding, GMLAbstractFeatureTypeBinding, GMLAbstractGeometryCollectionBaseTypeBinding, GMLAbstractGeometryTypeBinding, GMLBoundingShapeTypeBinding, GMLBoxTypeBinding, GMLCoordinatesTypeBinding, GMLCoordTypeBinding, GMLFeatureAssociationTypeBinding, GMLGeometryAssociationTypeBinding, GMLGeometryCollectionTypeBinding, GMLGeometryPropertyTypeBinding, GMLLinearRingMemberTypeBinding, GMLLinearRingTypeBinding, GMLLineStringMemberTypeBinding, GMLLineStringPropertyTypeBinding, GMLLineStringTypeBinding, GMLMultiGeometryPropertyTypeBinding, GMLMultiLineStringPropertyTypeBinding, GMLMultiLineStringTypeBinding, GMLMultiPointPropertyTypeBinding, GMLMultiPointTypeBinding, GMLMultiPolygonPropertyTypeBinding, GMLMultiPolygonTypeBinding, GMLNullTypeBinding, GmlObjectIdTypeBinding, GMLObjectTypeListTypeBinding, GMLObjectTypeTypeBinding, GMLPointMemberTypeBinding, GMLPointPropertyTypeBinding, GMLPointTypeBinding, GMLPolygonMemberTypeBinding, GMLPolygonPropertyTypeBinding, GMLPolygonTypeBinding, GraphicBinding, GraphicFillBinding, GraphicStrokeBinding, GridEnvelopeTypeBinding, GridLimitsTypeBinding, Gridsettype_gridsBinding, GridsettypeBinding, GridtypeBinding, GridTypeBinding, HaloBinding, HistogramBinding, Id_CapabilitiesTypeBinding, Id_CapabilitiesTypeBinding, IdentificationTypeBinding, IdentificationTypeOws11Binding, IdentifierGenerationOptionTypeBinding, ImageOutlineBinding, InlineContentBinding, InputDescriptionTypeBinding, InputReferenceTypeBinding, InsertedFeatureTypeBinding, InsertElementTypeBinding, InsertResultsTypeBinding, InsertResultTypeBinding, InsertTypeBinding, IntegerListBinding, IntegerListBinding, InterpolateBinding, InterpolationMethodTypeBinding, InterpolationPointBinding, IntersectsBinding, IntervalTypeBinding, JobControlOptionsTypeBinding, KeywordsTypeBinding, KmlTypeBinding, LabelPlacementBinding, LabelStyleTypeBinding, LanguagesBinding, LatLonBoxTypeBinding, LatLongBoundingBoxBinding, LayerBinding, LayertypeBinding, LayerTypeBinding, LegendGraphicBinding, LegendURLBinding, LinearRingPropertyTypeBinding, LinearRingTypeBinding, LinearRingTypeBinding, LinearRingTypeBinding, LinearRingTypeBinding, LinePlacementBinding, LineStringPropertyTypeBinding, LineStringSegmentTypeBinding, LineStringTypeBinding, LineStringTypeBinding, LineStyleTypeBinding, LineSymbolizerBinding, LiteralBinding, LiteralDataType_LiteralDataDomainBinding, LocationPropertyTypeBinding, LocationTypeBinding, LockFeatureResponseTypeBinding, LockFeatureTypeBinding, LockTypeBinding, LonLatEnvelopeBaseTypeBinding, LonLatEnvelopeTypeBinding, LookAtTypeBinding, LowerBoundaryTypeBinding, MapItemBinding, MarkBinding, MatchActionBinding, MeasureTypeBinding, MeasureTypeBinding, MeetsBinding, MemberPropertyTypeBinding, MetadataAssociationTypeBinding, MetadataLinkTypeBinding, MetaDataPropertyTypeBinding, MetadataTypeBinding, MetadataTypeBinding, MetadataTypeBinding, MetadataURLTypeBinding, MetadataURLTypeBinding, MetByBinding, MethodTypeBinding, MimeTypeBinding, ModeTypeBinding, MultiCurvePropertyTypeBinding, MultiCurveTypeBinding, MultiCurveTypeBinding, MultiGeometryPropertyTypeBinding, MultiGeometryTypeBinding, MultiGeometryTypeBinding, MultiLineStringPropertyTypeBinding, MultiLineStringTypeBinding, MultiPointPropertyTypeBinding, MultiPointTypeBinding, MultiPolygonPropertyTypeBinding, MultiPolygonTypeBinding, MultiPolygonTypeBinding, MultiSurfacePropertyTypeBinding, MultiSurfaceTypeBinding, MultiSurfaceTypeBinding, NameBinding, NamedLayerBinding, NamedStyleBinding, NameListBinding, NativeTypeBinding, NormalizeBinding, NotBinding, NullTypeBinding, ObjectTypeBinding, OGCAddBinding, OGCAndBinding, OGCBBOXTypeBinding, OGCBeyondBinding, OGCBinaryComparisonOpTypeBinding, OGCBinaryLogicOpTypeBinding, OGCBinaryOperatorTypeBinding, OGCBinarySpatialOpTypeBinding, OGCComparisonOpsTypeBinding, OGCContainsBinding, OGCCrossesBinding, OGCDisjointBinding, OGCDistanceBufferTypeBinding, OGCDistanceTypeBinding, OGCDivBinding, OGCDWithinBinding, OGCEqualsBinding, OGCExpressionTypeBinding, OGCFeatureIdTypeBinding, OGCFilterTypeBinding, OGCFunctionTypeBinding, OGCIntersectsBinding, OGCLiteralTypeBinding, OGCLogicOpsTypeBinding, OGCLowerBoundaryTypeBinding, OGCMulBinding, OGCNotBinding, OGCOrBinding, OGCOverlapsBinding, OGCPropertyIsBetweenTypeBinding, OGCPropertyIsEqualToBinding, OGCPropertyIsGreaterThanBinding, OGCPropertyIsGreaterThanOrEqualToBinding, OGCPropertyIsLessThanBinding, OGCPropertyIsLessThanOrEqualToBinding, OGCPropertyIsLikeTypeBinding, OGCPropertyIsNotEqualToBinding, OGCPropertyIsNullTypeBinding, OGCPropertyNameTypeBinding, OGCSpatialOpsTypeBinding, OGCSubBinding, OGCTouchesBinding, OGCUpperBoundaryTypeBinding, OGCWithinBinding, OnlineResourceBinding, OnlineResourceTypeBinding, OnlineResourceTypeBinding, OperationsTypeBinding, OperationsTypeBinding, OperationTypeBinding, OrBinding, OutputDefinitionTypeBinding, OutputDescriptionTypeBinding, OutputFormatListTypeBinding, OutputTypeBinding, OverlapBehaviorBinding, OverlappedByBinding, OverlapsBinding, OverviewBinding, ParameterBinding, ParameterTypeBinding, ParameterValueTypeBinding, PlacemarkTypeBinding, PointArrayPropertyTypeBinding, PointPlacementBinding, PointPropertyTypeBinding, PointSymbolizerBinding, PointTypeBinding, PointTypeBinding, PointTypeBinding, PolygonPatchTypeBinding, PolygonPatchTypeBinding, PolygonPropertyTypeBinding, PolygonSymbolizerBinding, PolygonTypeBinding, PolygonTypeBinding, PolygonTypeBinding, PolyStyleTypeBinding, PositionType2DBinding, PositionTypeBinding, PropertyIsBetweenTypeBinding, PropertyIsEqualToBinding, PropertyIsGreaterThanBinding, PropertyIsGreaterThanOrEqualToBinding, PropertyIsLessThanBinding, PropertyIsLessThanOrEqualToBinding, PropertyIsLikeTypeBinding, PropertyIsNotEqualToBinding, PropertyIsNullTypeBinding, PropertyTypeBinding, PropertyTypeBinding, PropertyTypeBinding_1_1, QueryExpressionTextTypeBinding, QueryTypeBinding, QueryTypeBinding, QueryTypeBinding, RangeBinding, RangeClosureBinding, RangeSetTypeBinding, RangeSubsetType_axisSubsetBinding, RangeSubsetTypeBinding, RasterSymbolizerBinding, RecodeBinding, RecordBinding, RectifiedGridTypeBinding, ReferenceTypeBinding, ReferenceTypeBinding, RegionTypeBinding, RemoteOWSBinding, RequestMethodTypeBinding, RequestServiceTypeBinding, ResourceIdentifierTypeBinding, ResourceIdTypeBinding, ResponsiblePartySubsetTypeBinding, ResponsiblePartyTypeBinding, ResponsiblePartyTypeBinding, ResultTypeTypeBinding, ReturnFeatureTypesListTypeBinding, RingTypeBinding, RuleBinding, Scalar_CapabilitiesTypeBinding, Scalar_CapabilitiesTypeBinding, SchemaDataTypeBinding, SchemaTypeBinding, SearchDirectionTypeBinding, SectionsBinding, SectionsTypeBinding, SectionsTypeBinding, SelectedChannelTypeBinding, ServiceTypeBinding, ServiceTypeBinding, ServiceTypeBinding, ShadedReliefBinding, SimpleContentComplexEMFBinding, SimpleLiteralBinding, SLDAbstractBinding, SLDAnchorPointBinding, SLDBlueChannelBinding, SLDChannelSelectionBinding, SLDColorMapBinding, SLDColorMapEntryBinding, SLDContrastEnhancementBinding, SLDCssParameterBinding, SLDDisplacementBinding, SLDExtentBinding, SLDExternalGraphicBinding, SLDFeatureTypeConstraintBinding, SLDFeatureTypeStyleBinding, SLDFillBinding, SLDFontBinding, SLDFormatBinding, SLDGammaValueBinding, SLDGeometryBinding, SLDGraphicBinding, SLDGraphicFillBinding, SLDGraphicStrokeBinding, SLDGrayChannelBinding, SLDGreenChannelBinding, SLDHaloBinding, SLDHistogramBinding, SLDImageOutlineBinding, SLDInternationalStringBinding, SLDLabelPlacementBinding, SLDLayerFeatureConstraintsBinding, SLDLegendGraphicBinding, SLDLinePlacementBinding, SLDLineSymbolizerBinding, SLDMarkBinding, SLDNamedLayerBinding, SLDNamedStyleBinding, SLDNormalizeBinding, SLDOnlineResourceBinding, SLDOverlapBehaviorBinding, SLDParameterValueTypeBinding, SLDPerpendicularOffsetBinding, SLDPointPlacementBinding, SLDPointSymbolizerBinding, SLDPolygonSymbolizerBinding, SLDRasterSymbolizerBinding, SLDRedChannelBinding, SLDRemoteOWSBinding, SLDRuleBinding, SLDSelectedChannelTypeBinding, SLDShadedReliefBinding, SLDStrokeBinding, SLDStyledLayerDescriptorBinding, SLDSymbolizerBinding, SLDSymbolizerTypeBinding, SLDTextSymbolizerBinding, SLDTitleBinding, SLDUserLayerBinding, SLDUserStyleBinding, SLDVendorOptionBinding, SortByTypeBinding, SortByTypeBinding, SortOrderTypeBinding, SortPropertyTypeBinding, SortPropertyTypeBinding, Spatial_CapabilitiesTypeBinding, Spatial_CapabilitiesTypeBinding, Spatial_CapabilitiesTypeBinding, Spatial_OperatorsTypeBinding, SpatialDomainTypeBinding, SpatialOperatorsTypeBinding, SpatialOperatorsTypeBinding, SpatialOperatorTypeBinding, SpatialOperatorTypeBinding, SpatialSubsetTypeBinding, StringLengthBinding, StringOrRefTypeBinding, StringPositionBinding, StripOffPositionTypeBinding, StrokeBinding, StyleBinding, StyledLayerDescriptorBinding, StyleTypeBinding, SubstringBinding, SupportedCRSsTypeBinding, SupportedFormatsTypeBinding, SupportedInterpolationsTypeBinding, SurfaceArrayPropertyTypeBinding, SurfaceArrayPropertyTypeBinding, SurfacePatchArrayPropertyTypeBinding, SurfacePatchArrayPropertyTypeBinding, SurfacePropertyTypeBinding, SurfacePropertyTypeBinding, SurfaceTypeBinding, SurfaceTypeBinding, SvgParameterBinding, SymbolizerTypeBinding, TContainsBinding, TelephoneTypeBinding, TelephoneTypeBinding, TemporalPositionTypeBinding, TEqualsBinding, TextPayloadBinding, TextSymbolizerBinding, ThemeBinding, ThemesBinding, ThreshholdsBelongToTypeBinding, TileMatrixBinding, TileMatrixLimitsBinding, TileMatrixSetBinding, TileMatrixSetLimitsBinding, TileMatrixSetLinkBinding, TimeDurationTypeBinding, TimeIndeterminateValueTypeBinding, TimeInstantPropertyTypeBinding, TimeInstantTypeBinding, TimePeriodTypeBinding, TimePeriodTypeBinding, TimePeriodTypeBinding, TimePositionTypeBinding, TimePositionTypeBinding, TimePositionTypeBinding, TimePositionUnionBinding, TimeSequenceTypeBinding, TimeSequenceTypeBinding, TouchesBinding, TOverlapsBinding, TransactionResponseTypeBinding, TransactionResultsTypeBinding, TransactionResultTypeBinding, TransactionSummaryTypeBinding, TransactionTypeBinding, TransactionTypeBinding, TrimBinding, TupleTypeBinding, TypedLiteralTypeBinding, TypeNameListTypeBinding, UnitBinding, UpdateElementTypeBinding, UpdateSequenceTypeBinding, UpperBoundaryTypeBinding, URLTemplateTypeBinding, UserLayerBinding, UserStyleBinding, ValueCollectionTypeBinding, ValueEnumBaseTypeBinding, ValueEnumTypeBinding, ValueRangeTypeBinding, ValueReferenceBinding, ValueReferenceTypeBinding, VectorTypeBinding, VendorOptionBinding, VersionTypeBinding, VersionTypeBinding, VersionTypeBinding, WCS_CapabilitiesTypeBinding, WCSCapabilityType_ExceptionBinding, WCSCapabilityType_RequestBinding, WCSCapabilityType_VendorSpecificCapabilitiesBinding, WCSCapabilityTypeBinding, WFS_CapabilitiesTypeBinding, WFS_CapabilitiesTypeBinding, WFS_LockFeatureResponseTypeBinding, WFS_TransactionResponseTypeBinding, WGS84BoundingBoxTypeBinding, WithinBinding, XSAllBinding, XSAllNNIBinding, XSAnnotatedBinding, XSAnySimpleTypeBinding, XSAnyTypeBinding, XSAnyURIBinding, XSAttributeBinding, XSAttributeGroupBinding, XSAttributeGroupRefBinding, XSBase64BinaryBinding, XSBlockSetBinding, XSBooleanBinding, XSByteBinding, XSComplexRestrictionTypeBinding, XSComplexTypeBinding, XSDateBinding, XSDateTimeBinding, XSDecimalBinding, XSDerivationControlBinding, XSDerivationSetBinding, XSDoubleBinding, XSDurationBinding, XSElementBinding, XSENTITIESBinding, XSENTITYBinding, XSExplicitGroupBinding, XSExtensionTypeBinding, XSFacetBinding, XSFloatBinding, XSFormChoiceBinding, XSFullDerivationSetBinding, XSGDayBinding, XSGMonthBinding, XSGMonthDayBinding, XSGroupBinding, XSGroupRefBinding, XSGYearBinding, XSGYearMonthBinding, XSHexBinaryBinding, XSIDBinding, XSIDREFBinding, XSIDREFSBinding, XSIntBinding, XSIntegerBinding, XSKeybaseBinding, XSLanguageBinding, XSLocalComplexTypeBinding, XSLocalElementBinding, XSLocalSimpleTypeBinding, XSLongBinding, XSNameBinding, XSNamedAttributeGroupBinding, XSNamedGroupBinding, XSNamespaceListBinding, XSNarrowMaxMinBinding, XSNCNameBinding, XSNegativeIntegerBinding, XSNMTOKENBinding, XSNMTOKENSBinding, XSNoFixedFacetBinding, XSNonNegativeIntegerBinding, XSNonPositiveIntegerBinding, XSNormalizedStringBinding, XSNOTATIONBinding, XSNumFacetBinding, XSOpenAttrsBinding, XSPositiveIntegerBinding, XSPublicBinding, XSQNameBinding, XSRealGroupBinding, XSReducedDerivationControlBinding, XSRestrictionTypeBinding, XSShortBinding, XSSimpleDerivationSetBinding, XSSimpleExplicitGroupBinding, XSSimpleExtensionTypeBinding, XSSimpleRestrictionTypeBinding, XSSimpleTypeBinding, XSStringBinding, XSTimeBinding, XSTokenBinding, XSTopLevelAttributeBinding, XSTopLevelComplexTypeBinding, XSTopLevelElementBinding, XSTopLevelSimpleTypeBinding, XSTypeDerivationControlBinding, XSUnsignedByteBinding, XSUnsignedIntBinding, XSUnsignedLongBinding, XSUnsignedShortBinding, XSWildcardBinding
```
public interface Binding
```
A specialized handler for a specific type in an xml schema.
Bindings have the following responsibilities.
- Parsing components from an instance document (elements and attributes) into model objects
- Encoding model objects as xml components
- Sorting themselves in case multiple bindings target the same type
Type Binding
Binding objects correspond to xml schema types. A binding declares it target type by advertising the qualified name of the type it binds to. For instance, the following strategy binds itself to type xsd:string.
```
 
 class XSDStringStrategy {

         QName getTarget() {
                 return new QName("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema","string");
         }

  ...
 
 
```
The upshot is that whenever an element or attribute is encountered in an instance document that is of type xsd:string, this binding will be used to turn the string into an object representation.
And on the other side of coin, when an instanceof String is encountered when serializing an object model, the binding will be used to encode the string as xml.

Inheritance
XML Schema supports Inheritance. As a concrete example, consider the simple xml schema simple types decimal and integer.
```
 
  <xs:simpleType name="decimal" id="decimal">
   <xs:annotation>
     <xs:appinfo>
      <hfp:hasFacet name="totalDigits"/>
       <hfp:hasFacet name="fractionDigits"/>
       <hfp:hasFacet name="pattern"/>
       <hfp:hasFacet name="whiteSpace"/>
       <hfp:hasFacet name="enumeration"/>
       <hfp:hasFacet name="maxInclusive"/>
       <hfp:hasFacet name="maxExclusive"/>
       <hfp:hasFacet name="minInclusive"/>
       <hfp:hasFacet name="minExclusive"/>
       <hfp:hasProperty name="ordered" value="total"/>
       <hfp:hasProperty name="bounded" value="false"/>
       <hfp:hasProperty name="cardinality" value="countably infinite"/>
       <hfp:hasProperty name="numeric" value="true"/>
     </xs:appinfo>
     <xs:documentation source="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#decimal"/>
   </xs:annotation>
   <xs:restriction base="xs:anySimpleType">
     <xs:whiteSpace fixed="true" value="collapse" id="decimal.whiteSpace"/>
   </xs:restriction>
 </xs:simpleType>

 <xs:simpleType name="integer" id="integer">
   <xs:annotation>
     <xs:documentation source="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#integer"/>
   </xs:annotation>
   <xs:restriction base="xs:decimal">
     <xs:fractionDigits fixed="true" value="0" id="integer.fractionDigits"/>
     <xs:pattern value="[\-+]?[0-9]+"/>
   </xs:restriction>
 </xs:simpleType>
 
 
```
The above types define an inheiretance hierarcy. To model this relationship among the corresponding binding objects, an execution mode must be declared by each binding. The execution mode specifies wether a binding should be executed before, after, or totally override the binding for a direct parent.
```
         
         class DecimalBinding implements Binding {
                 ...

                 int getExecutionMode() {
                         return OVERRIDE;
                 }
                 ...
         }

         class IntegerBinding implemnts Binding {
                 ...
                 int getExecutionMode() {
                         return AFTER;
                 }
                 ...
         }
         
 
```
In the above example, the decimal bidning declares its execution mode to be override. This means that no bindings for any of the base types of decimal will be executed. The integer binding declares its execution mode as AFTER. This means that the integer binding will be executed after the decimal strategy.

Context
Bindings are executed within a particular context or container. A binding can use its context to obtain objects that it depends on to perform a parse or encoding. A binding can declare a dependency by simply adding it to its constructor.
This is known as Constructor Injection.
When the binding is created it is injected with all dependencies. The context is responsible for satisfying the dependencies of the binding. As an example consider the following complex type defintion.
```
          
          <xsd:complexType name="collection">
             <xsd:sequence>
              <xsd:element name="item" type="xsd:any" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
            </xsd:sequence>
           </xsd:complexType>
          
  
```
The associated binding must turn instances of this type into objects of type Collection. However, the question remains what concrete subclass of Collection to use. And perhaps we need this type to vary in different situations. The solution is to take the decision out of the hands of this binding, and into the hands of someone else. To acheive this the collection binding adds a dependency of type Collection.
```
          
 class CollectionStrategy implements ComplexBinding {

          Collection collection;
          
          CollectionStrategy(Collection collection) {
                    this.collection = collection;
          }
          
          QName getTarget() {
                    return new QName("http://org/geotools/","collection");
          }

          int getExecutionMode() {
                    return OVERRIDE;
          }

                 
          Object parse(Element instance, Node[] children, Node[] atts, Object value)
                    throws Exception {

                  for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
                          collection.add(children[i].getValue());
                  }

                  return collection;
          }
          
 }
          
  
```
Conflict resolution
In some cases multiple bindings are targeting the same java class. This happens, for example, in GML3 where MultiPolygon is associated to two different elements, gml:MultiPolygon and gml:MultiSurface (the former being deprecated and kept for backwards compatibility).
In such occasions, binding implementations must implement the Comparable interface, in case of doubt the bindings associated to a specific class will be sorted and the first element in the resulting List will be used.
Author:

Justin Deoliveira,Refractions Research Inc.,jdeolive@refractions.net

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static int`	`AFTER`	Specifies that a binding should be executed after its direct parent
`static int`	`BEFORE`	Specifies that a binding should be executed before its direct parent.d
`static int`	`OVERRIDE`	Specifies that a binding should totally override the execution of its direct parent.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

int getExecutionMode()

QName getTarget()

Class<?> getType()

- Field Detail
  - AFTER
```
static final int AFTER
```
    Specifies that a binding should be executed after its direct parent
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - BEFORE
```
static final int BEFORE
```
    Specifies that a binding should be executed before its direct parent.d
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - OVERRIDE
```
static final int OVERRIDE
```
    Specifies that a binding should totally override the execution of its direct parent.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getTarget
```
QName getTarget()
```
    Returns:
    
    The qualified name of the target for the binding.
  - getType
```
Class<?> getType()
```
    Returns:
    
    The java type this binding maps to.
  - getExecutionMode
```
int getExecutionMode()
```
    Returns:
    
    The execution mode of the binding, one of the constants AFTER, BEFORE, or OVERRIDE.
    
    See Also:
    
    AFTER, BEFORE, OVERRIDE

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getExecutionMode()`
`QName`	`getTarget()`
`Class<?>`	`getType()`

Interface Binding

Type Binding

Inheritance

Context

Conflict resolution

Field Summary

Method Summary

Field Detail

AFTER

BEFORE

OVERRIDE

Method Detail

getTarget

getType

getExecutionMode