package org.relaxng.datatype; | |
/** | |
* A Datatype library | |
* | |
* @author <a href="mailto:jjc@jclark.com">James Clark</a> | |
* @author <a href="mailto:kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com">Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI</a> | |
*/ | |
public interface DatatypeLibrary { | |
/** | |
* Creates a new instance of DatatypeBuilder. | |
* | |
* The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error. | |
* | |
* @param baseTypeLocalName | |
* The local name of the base type. | |
* | |
* @return | |
* A non-null valid datatype object. | |
*/ | |
DatatypeBuilder createDatatypeBuilder( String baseTypeLocalName ) | |
throws DatatypeException; | |
/** | |
* Gets or creates a pre-defined type. | |
* | |
* This is just a short-cut of | |
* <code>createDatatypeBuilder(typeLocalName).createDatatype();</code> | |
* | |
* The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error. | |
* | |
* @return | |
* A non-null valid datatype object. | |
*/ | |
Datatype createDatatype( String typeLocalName ) throws DatatypeException; | |
} |