com.saxonica.schema
Interface Particle

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractParticle, ElementWildcard

public interface Particle

Represents a Particle as defined by XML Schema. A particle is a component of a content model, consisting of a term and a permitted cardinality range. The term may be an element declaration, a wildcard, a sequence, a choice, or all.

Method Summary
void	compile(Schema schema, UserComplexType subjectType)           Compile complex types
int	getMaxOccurs()           Returns the maximum number of occurrences that this CMParticle may appear
int	getMinOccurs()           Returns the minimum number of occurrences that this Particle must appear
Term	getTerm()           Returns the term contained by this particle
boolean	isEmptiable()           Determine if empty content is allowed

 

Method Detail

getMaxOccurs

public int getMaxOccurs()

Returns the maximum number of occurrences that this CMParticle may appear

Returns:

the maximum number of occurrences that this CMParticle may appear. A non positive (n < 1) value indicates that the value is unspecified (ie. unbounded).

getMinOccurs

public int getMinOccurs()

Returns the minimum number of occurrences that this Particle must appear

Returns:

the minimum number of occurrences that this Particle must appear A negative (n < 0) value indicates that the value is unspecified.

getTerm

public Term getTerm()

Returns the term contained by this particle

isEmptiable

public boolean isEmptiable()

Determine if empty content is allowed

compile

public void compile(Schema schema,
                    UserComplexType subjectType)
             throws SchemaException

Compile complex types

Parameters:

schema - used for error reporting purposes

subjectType - the complex type being compiled

SchemaException