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25:
26: package org.relaxng.datatype;
27:
28: /**
29: * A Datatype library
30: *
31: * @author <a href="mailto:jjc@jclark.com">James Clark</a>
32: * @author <a href="mailto:kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com">Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI</a>
33: */
34: public interface DatatypeLibrary {
35:
36: /**
37: * Creates a new instance of DatatypeBuilder.
38: *
39: * The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.
40: *
41: * @param baseTypeLocalName
42: * The local name of the base type.
43: *
44: * @return
45: * A non-null valid datatype object.
46: */
47: DatatypeBuilder createDatatypeBuilder(String baseTypeLocalName)
48: throws DatatypeException;
49:
50: /**
51: * Gets or creates a pre-defined type.
52: *
53: * This is just a short-cut of
54: * <code>createDatatypeBuilder(typeLocalName).createDatatype();</code>
55: *
56: * The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.
57: *
58: * @return
59: * A non-null valid datatype object.
60: */
61: Datatype createDatatype(String typeLocalName)
62: throws DatatypeException;
63: }
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