Interface ComplexType

All Superinterfaces:
SchemaComponent, SchemaType, Serializable
All Known Implementing Classes:
AnyType, Untyped
public interface ComplexType extends SchemaType
A complex type as defined in XML Schema: either a user-defined complex type, or xs:anyType. In the non-schema-aware version of the Saxon product, the only complex type encountered is xs:anyType.

  • Method Details

    • isAbstract

      boolean isAbstract()
      Test whether this complex type has been marked as abstract.
      Returns:
      true if this complex type is abstract.

    • isComplexContent

      boolean isComplexContent()
      Test whether this complex type has complex content
      Returns:
      true if this complex type has a complex content model, false if it has a simple content model

    • isSimpleContent

      boolean isSimpleContent()
      Test whether this complexType has simple content
      Returns:
      true if this complex type has a simple content model, false if it has a complex content model

    • isAllContent

      boolean isAllContent()
      Test whether this complex type has "all" content, that is, a content model using an xs:all compositor

    • getSimpleContentType

      SimpleType getSimpleContentType()
      Get the simple content type
      Returns:
      For a complex type with simple content, returns the simple type of the content. Otherwise, returns null.

    • isRestricted

      boolean isRestricted()
      Test whether this complex type is derived by restriction
      Returns:
      true if this complex type is derived by restriction

    • isEmptyContent

      boolean isEmptyContent()
      Test whether the content model of this complex type is empty
      Returns:
      true if the content model is defined as empty

    • isEmptiable

      boolean isEmptiable() throws SchemaException, ValidationException
      Test whether the content model of this complex type allows empty content
      Returns:
      true if empty content is valid
      Throws:
      SchemaException
      ValidationException

    • isMixedContent

      boolean isMixedContent()
      Test whether this complex type allows mixed content
      Returns:
      true if mixed content is allowed

    • subsumes

      String subsumes(ComplexType sub) throws ValidationException
      Test whether this complex type subsumes another complex type. The algorithm used is as published by Thompson and Tobin, XML Europe 2003.
      Parameters:
      sub - the other type (the type that is derived by restriction, validly or otherwise)
      Returns:
      null indicating that this type does indeed subsume the other; or a string indicating why it doesn't.
      Throws:
      ValidationException

    • getElementParticleType

      SchemaType getElementParticleType(int fingerprint) throws SchemaException, ValidationException
      Find an element particle within this complex type definition having a given element name (identified by fingerprint), and return the schema type associated with that element particle. If there is no such particle, return null. If the fingerprint matches an element wildcard, return the type of the global element declaration with the given name if one exists, or AnyType if none exists and lax validation is permitted by the wildcard.
      Parameters:
      fingerprint - Identifies the name of the child element within this content model
      Throws:
      SchemaException
      ValidationException

    • getElementParticleCardinality

      int getElementParticleCardinality(int fingerprint) throws SchemaException, ValidationException
      Find an element particle within this complex type definition having a given element name (identified by fingerprint), and return the cardinality associated with that element particle, that is, the number of times the element can occur within this complex type. The value is one of StaticProperty.EXACTLY_ONE, StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_ONE, StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ZERO_OR_MORE, StaticProperty.ALLOWS_ONE_OR_MORE, If there is no such particle, return StaticProperty.EMPTY.
      Parameters:
      fingerprint - Identifies the name of the child element within this content model
      Throws:
      SchemaException
      ValidationException

    • getAttributeUseType

      SchemaType getAttributeUseType(int fingerprint) throws SchemaException, ValidationException
      Find an attribute use within this complex type definition having a given attribute name (identified by fingerprint), and return the schema type associated with that attribute. If there is no such attribute use, return null. If the fingerprint matches an attribute wildcard, return the type of the global attribute declaration with the given name if one exists, or AnySimpleType if none exists and lax validation is permitted by the wildcard.

      If there are types derived from this type by extension, search those too.

      Parameters:
      fingerprint - Identifies the name of the child element within this content model
      Throws:
      SchemaException
      ValidationException