Package org.geotools.xml.schema

Interface Element

All Superinterfaces:

ElementGrouping

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElementGT, FilterSchema.FilterElement, ogcElement, sldElement

public interface Element
extends ElementGrouping

Instances of this interface are intended to represent XML Schema Elements.

Author:

dzwiers www.refractions.net

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface ElementGrouping

ALL, ANY, CHOICE, ELEMENT, GROUP, SEQUENCE, UNBOUNDED

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getBlock()
String	getDefault()	This returns the default value for the Element as a String
int	getFinal()
String	getFixed()	This returns the fixed value for the Element as a String
String	getId()	The Schema ID for this element 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.
String	getName()	Returns the element declaration's name in the Schema document, and element name in the instance document.
URI	getNamespace()
Element	getSubstitutionGroup()	This returns a reference to an element representing this element's substitution group.
Type	getType()	Returns the declared type for this Element in the given Schema.
boolean	isAbstract()	Returns True when the instance of this XML Schema Element is abstract, false otherwise
boolean	isForm()
boolean	isNillable()	Returns true when the element is nillable, false otherwise

Methods inherited from interface ElementGrouping

findChildElement, findChildElement, getGrouping

Method Detail

isAbstract

boolean isAbstract()

Returns True when the instance of this XML Schema Element is abstract, false otherwise

getBlock

int getBlock()

See Also:

Schema.getBlockDefault()

getDefault

String getDefault()

This returns the default value for the Element as a String

getFinal

int getFinal()

See Also:

Schema.getFinalDefault()

getFixed

String getFixed()

This returns the fixed value for the Element as a String

isForm

boolean isForm()

See Also:

Schema.isElementFormDefault()

getId

String getId()

The Schema ID for this element 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()

getName

String getName()

Returns the element declaration's name in the Schema document, and element name in the instance document.

getNamespace

URI getNamespace()

isNillable

boolean isNillable()

Returns true when the element is nillable, false otherwise

getSubstitutionGroup

Element getSubstitutionGroup()

This returns a reference to an element representing this element's substitution group. This is of particular importance when resolving an instance document's value.

getType

Type getType()

Returns the declared type for this Element in the given Schema.

See Also:

Type