Choice (Geotools modules 31-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

ElementGrouping

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChoiceGT
```
public interface Choice
extends ElementGrouping
```
This interface is intended to represent a Choice in an XML Schema. The children of this choice are ElementGroupings which may involve Element declarations, Sequence, Groups ... or even another Choices. We recommend flattening child Choices with the parent, creating a semantically equivalent choice in it's place.

Author:

dzwiers www.refractions.net

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface ElementGrouping
  ALL, ANY, CHOICE, ELEMENT, GROUP, SEQUENCE, UNBOUNDED

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ElementGrouping[]`	`getChildren()`	This method returns a list of children which repreensts the options for the element which this choice is representing in an XML Schema.
`String`	`getId()`	The Schema ID for this choice definition.
`int`	`getMaxOccurs()`	returns the max number of allowable occurences within the xml schema for this construct.
`int`	`getMinOccurs()`	returns the min number of allowable occurences within the xml schema for this construct.

Methods inherited from interface ElementGrouping
findChildElement, findChildElement, getGrouping

- Method Detail
  - getId
```
String getId()
```
    The Schema ID for this choice definition.
  - getMaxOccurs
```
int getMaxOccurs()
```
    Description copied from interface: ElementGrouping
    
    returns the max number of allowable occurences within the xml schema for this construct.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getMaxOccurs in interface ElementGrouping
    
    See Also:
    
    org.geotools.xml.xsi.ElementGrouping#getMaxOccurs()
  - getMinOccurs
```
int getMinOccurs()
```
    Description copied from interface: ElementGrouping
    
    returns the min number of allowable occurences within the xml schema for this construct.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getMinOccurs in interface ElementGrouping
    
    See Also:
    
    org.geotools.xml.xsi.ElementGrouping#getMinOccurs()
  - getChildren
```
ElementGrouping[] getChildren()
```
    This method returns a list of children which repreensts the options for the element which this choice is representing in an XML Schema. Although the list is semantically a set, we encourage you to add elements to the list as they apear, to allow Schema writers to optimize the search order.