org.relaxng.datatype
Interface DatatypeBuilder

All Known Implementing Classes:
ParameterlessDatatypeBuilder

public interface DatatypeBuilder

creates an user-defined type by adding parameters to the pre-defined type.

Author:
Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI

Method Summary
 void add(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String strValue, ValidationContext context)
          adds a new parameter.
 Datatype derive()
          derives a new Datatype from a Datatype by parameters that were already set.
 

Method Detail

add

public void add(java.lang.String name,
                java.lang.String strValue,
                ValidationContext context)
         throws DatatypeException
adds a new parameter.
Parameters:
name - the name of the parameter to be added.
strValue - the raw value of the parameter. Caller may not normalize this value.
context - The context information which can be used by the implementation to acquire additional information. This context object is valid only during this method call. The implementations may not keep the reference to this object.
Throws:
DatatypeException - when the given parameter is inappropriate for some reason. The implementation is responsible to recover from this error. That is, the object should behave as if no such error was occured.

derive

public Datatype derive()
                throws DatatypeException
derives a new Datatype from a Datatype by parameters that were already set.
Throws:
DatatypeException - DatatypeException is thrown if the derivation is somehow invalid. For example, required parameter is missing, etc.