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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (c) 2004 World Wide Web Consortium,
      3  *
      4  * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for
      5  * Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All Rights Reserved. This
      6  * work is distributed under the W3C(r) Software License [1] in the hope that
      7  * it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
      8  * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
      9  *
     10  * [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231
     11  */
     12 
     13 package org.w3c.dom;
     14 
     15 /**
     16  *  The <code>TypeInfo</code> interface represents a type referenced from
     17  * <code>Element</code> or <code>Attr</code> nodes, specified in the schemas
     18  * associated with the document. The type is a pair of a namespace URI and
     19  * name properties, and depends on the document's schema.
     20  * <p> If the document's schema is an XML DTD [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204'>XML 1.0</a>], the values
     21  * are computed as follows:
     22  * <ul>
     23  * <li> If this type is referenced from an
     24  * <code>Attr</code> node, <code>typeNamespace</code> is
     25  * <code>"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml"</code> and <code>typeName</code>
     26  * represents the <b>[attribute type]</b> property in the [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-infoset-20040204/'>XML Information Set</a>]
     27  * . If there is no declaration for the attribute, <code>typeNamespace</code>
     28  *  and <code>typeName</code> are <code>null</code>.
     29  * </li>
     30  * <li> If this type is
     31  * referenced from an <code>Element</code> node, <code>typeNamespace</code>
     32  * and <code>typeName</code> are <code>null</code>.
     33  * </li>
     34  * </ul>
     35  * <p> If the document's schema is an XML Schema [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/'>XML Schema Part 1</a>]
     36  * , the values are computed as follows using the post-schema-validation
     37  * infoset contributions (also called PSVI contributions):
     38  * <ul>
     39  * <li> If the <b>[validity]</b> property exists AND is <em>"invalid"</em> or <em>"notKnown"</em>: the {target namespace} and {name} properties of the declared type if
     40  * available, otherwise <code>null</code>.
     41  * <p ><b>Note:</b>  At the time of writing, the XML Schema specification does
     42  * not require exposing the declared type. Thus, DOM implementations might
     43  * choose not to provide type information if validity is not valid.
     44  * </li>
     45  * <li> If the <b>[validity]</b> property exists and is <em>"valid"</em>:
     46  * <ol>
     47  * <li> If <b>[member type definition]</b> exists:
     48  * <ol>
     49  * <li>If {name} is not absent, then expose {name} and {target
     50  * namespace} properties of the <b>[member type definition]</b> property;
     51  * </li>
     52  * <li>Otherwise, expose the namespace and local name of the
     53  * corresponding anonymous type name.
     54  * </li>
     55  * </ol>
     56  * </li>
     57  * <li> If the <b>[type definition]</b> property exists:
     58  * <ol>
     59  * <li>If {name} is not absent, then expose {name} and {target
     60  * namespace} properties of the <b>[type definition]</b> property;
     61  * </li>
     62  * <li>Otherwise, expose the namespace and local name of the
     63  * corresponding anonymous type name.
     64  * </li>
     65  * </ol>
     66  * </li>
     67  * <li> If the <b>[member type definition anonymous]</b> exists:
     68  * <ol>
     69  * <li>If it is false, then expose <b>[member type definition name]</b> and <b>[member type definition namespace]</b> properties;
     70  * </li>
     71  * <li>Otherwise, expose the namespace and local name of the
     72  * corresponding anonymous type name.
     73  * </li>
     74  * </ol>
     75  * </li>
     76  * <li> If the <b>[type definition anonymous]</b> exists:
     77  * <ol>
     78  * <li>If it is false, then expose <b>[type definition name]</b> and <b>[type definition namespace]</b> properties;
     79  * </li>
     80  * <li>Otherwise, expose the namespace and local name of the
     81  * corresponding anonymous type name.
     82  * </li>
     83  * </ol>
     84  * </li>
     85  * </ol>
     86  * </li>
     87  * </ul>
     88  * <p ><b>Note:</b>  Other schema languages are outside the scope of the W3C
     89  * and therefore should define how to represent their type systems using
     90  * <code>TypeInfo</code>.
     91  * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification</a>.
     92  * @since DOM Level 3
     93  */
     94 public interface TypeInfo {
     95     /**
     96      *  The name of a type declared for the associated element or attribute,
     97      * or <code>null</code> if unknown.
     98      */
     99     public String getTypeName();
    100 
    101     /**
    102      *  The namespace of the type declared for the associated element or
    103      * attribute or <code>null</code> if the element does not have
    104      * declaration or if no namespace information is available.
    105      */
    106     public String getTypeNamespace();
    107 
    108     // DerivationMethods
    109     /**
    110      *  If the document's schema is an XML Schema [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/'>XML Schema Part 1</a>]
    111      * , this constant represents the derivation by <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/#key-typeRestriction'>
    112      * restriction</a> if complex types are involved, or a <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/#element-restriction'>
    113      * restriction</a> if simple types are involved.
    114      * <br>  The reference type definition is derived by restriction from the
    115      * other type definition if the other type definition is the same as the
    116      * reference type definition, or if the other type definition can be
    117      * reached recursively following the {base type definition} property
    118      * from the reference type definition, and all the <em>derivation methods</em> involved are restriction.
    119      */
    120     public static final int DERIVATION_RESTRICTION    = 0x00000001;
    121     /**
    122      *  If the document's schema is an XML Schema [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/'>XML Schema Part 1</a>]
    123      * , this constant represents the derivation by <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/#key-typeExtension'>
    124      * extension</a>.
    125      * <br>  The reference type definition is derived by extension from the
    126      * other type definition if the other type definition can be reached
    127      * recursively following the {base type definition} property from the
    128      * reference type definition, and at least one of the <em>derivation methods</em> involved is an extension.
    129      */
    130     public static final int DERIVATION_EXTENSION      = 0x00000002;
    131     /**
    132      *  If the document's schema is an XML Schema [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/'>XML Schema Part 1</a>]
    133      * , this constant represents the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/#element-union'>
    134      * union</a> if simple types are involved.
    135      * <br> The reference type definition is derived by union from the other
    136      * type definition if there exists two type definitions T1 and T2 such
    137      * as the reference type definition is derived from T1 by
    138      * <code>DERIVATION_RESTRICTION</code> or
    139      * <code>DERIVATION_EXTENSION</code>, T2 is derived from the other type
    140      * definition by <code>DERIVATION_RESTRICTION</code>, T1 has {variety} <em>union</em>, and one of the {member type definitions} is T2. Note that T1 could be
    141      * the same as the reference type definition, and T2 could be the same
    142      * as the other type definition.
    143      */
    144     public static final int DERIVATION_UNION          = 0x00000004;
    145     /**
    146      *  If the document's schema is an XML Schema [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/'>XML Schema Part 1</a>]
    147      * , this constant represents the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/#element-list'>list</a>.
    148      * <br> The reference type definition is derived by list from the other
    149      * type definition if there exists two type definitions T1 and T2 such
    150      * as the reference type definition is derived from T1 by
    151      * <code>DERIVATION_RESTRICTION</code> or
    152      * <code>DERIVATION_EXTENSION</code>, T2 is derived from the other type
    153      * definition by <code>DERIVATION_RESTRICTION</code>, T1 has {variety} <em>list</em>, and T2 is the {item type definition}. Note that T1 could be the same as
    154      * the reference type definition, and T2 could be the same as the other
    155      * type definition.
    156      */
    157     public static final int DERIVATION_LIST           = 0x00000008;
    158 
    159     /**
    160      *  This method returns if there is a derivation between the reference
    161      * type definition, i.e. the <code>TypeInfo</code> on which the method
    162      * is being called, and the other type definition, i.e. the one passed
    163      * as parameters.
    164      * @param typeNamespaceArg  the namespace of the other type definition.
    165      * @param typeNameArg  the name of the other type definition.
    166      * @param derivationMethod  the type of derivation and conditions applied
    167      *   between two types, as described in the list of constants provided
    168      *   in this interface.
    169      * @return  If the document's schema is a DTD or no schema is associated
    170      *   with the document, this method will always return <code>false</code>
    171      *   .  If the document's schema is an XML Schema, the method will
    172      *   <code>true</code> if the reference type definition is derived from
    173      *   the other type definition according to the derivation parameter. If
    174      *   the value of the parameter is <code>0</code> (no bit is set to
    175      *   <code>1</code> for the <code>derivationMethod</code> parameter),
    176      *   the method will return <code>true</code> if the other type
    177      *   definition can be reached by recursing any combination of {base
    178      *   type definition}, {item type definition}, or {member type
    179      *   definitions} from the reference type definition.
    180      */
    181     public boolean isDerivedFrom(String typeNamespaceArg,
    182                                  String typeNameArg,
    183                                  int derivationMethod);
    184 
    185 }
    186