Class Overview
Immutable in-memory representation of grammar.
This object represents a set of constraints that can be checked/
enforced against an XML document.
A Schema
object is thread safe and applications are
encouraged to share it across many parsers in many threads.
A Schema
object is immutable in the sense that it shouldn't
change the set of constraints once it is created. In other words,
if an application validates the same document twice against the same
Schema
, it must always produce the same result.
A Schema
object is usually created from SchemaFactory
.
Two kinds of validators can be created from a Schema
object.
One is Validator
, which provides highly-level validation
operations that cover typical use cases. The other is
ValidatorHandler
, which works on top of SAX for better
modularity.
This specification does not refine
the equals(java.lang.Object)
method.
In other words, if you parse the same schema twice, you may
still get !schemaA.equals(schemaB)
.
Summary
Protected Constructors |
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Schema()
Constructor for the derived class.
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Inherited Methods |
From class
java.lang.Object
Object
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clone()
Creates and returns a copy of this Object .
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boolean
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equals(Object o)
Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they
are equal.
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void
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finalize()
Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
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final
Class<?>
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getClass()
Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this
object's class.
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int
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hashCode()
Returns an integer hash code for this object.
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final
void
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notify()
Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of
calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
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final
void
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notifyAll()
Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means
of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
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String
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toString()
Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this
object.
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final
void
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wait()
Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object.
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final
void
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wait(long millis, int nanos)
Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the
specified timeout expires.
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final
void
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wait(long millis)
Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the
specified timeout expires.
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Protected Constructors
protected
Schema
()
Constructor for the derived class.
The constructor does nothing.
Public Methods
public
abstract
Validator
newValidator
()
Creates a new Validator
for this Schema
.
A validator enforces/checks the set of constraints this object
represents.
Returns
- Always return a non-null valid object.
public
abstract
ValidatorHandler
newValidatorHandler
()
Returns
- Always return a non-null valid object.