1 package javax.xml.bind; 2 3 import javax.xml.transform.Result; 4 import java.io.IOException; 5 6 /** 7 * Controls where a JAXB implementation puts the generates 8 * schema files. 9 * 10 * <p> 11 * An implementation of this abstract class has to be provided by the calling 12 * application to generate schemas. 13 * 14 * <p> 15 * This is a class, not an interface so as to allow future versions to evolve 16 * without breaking the compatibility. 17 * 18 * @author 19 * Kohsuke Kawaguchi (kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com) 20 */ 21 public abstract class SchemaOutputResolver { 22 /** 23 * Decides where the schema file (of the given namespace URI) 24 * will be written, and return it as a {@link Result} object. 25 * 26 * <p> 27 * This method is called only once for any given namespace. 28 * IOW, all the components in one namespace is always written 29 * into the same schema document. 30 * 31 * @param namespaceUri 32 * The namespace URI that the schema declares. 33 * Can be the empty string, but never be null. 34 * @param suggestedFileName 35 * A JAXB implementation generates an unique file name (like "schema1.xsd") 36 * for the convenience of the callee. This name can be 37 * used for the file name of the schema, or the callee can just 38 * ignore this name and come up with its own name. 39 * This is just a hint. 40 * 41 * @return 42 * a {@link Result} object that encapsulates the actual destination 43 * of the schema. 44 * 45 * If the {@link Result} object has a system ID, it must be an 46 * absolute system ID. Those system IDs are relativized by the caller and used 47 * for <xs:import> statements. 48 * 49 * If the {@link Result} object does not have a system ID, a schema 50 * for the namespace URI is generated but it won't be explicitly 51 * <xs:import>ed from other schemas. 52 * 53 * If {@code null} is returned, the schema generation for this 54 * namespace URI will be skipped. 55 */ 56 public abstract Result createOutput( String namespaceUri, String suggestedFileName ) throws IOException; 57 } 58