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1 package org.relaxng.datatype;
2
3 /**
4  * A Datatype library
5  *
6  * @author <a HREF="mailto:jjc@jclark.com">James Clark</a>
7  * @author <a HREF="mailto:kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com">Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI</a>
8  */
9 public interface DatatypeLibrary {
10     
11     /**
12      * Creates a new instance of DatatypeBuilder.
13      *
14      * The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.
15      *
16      * @param baseTypeLocalName
17      * The local name of the base type.
18      *
19      * @return
20      * A non-null valid datatype object.
21      */
22     DatatypeBuilder createDatatypeBuilder( String JavaDoc baseTypeLocalName )
23         throws DatatypeException;
24     
25     /**
26      * Gets or creates a pre-defined type.
27      *
28      * This is just a short-cut of
29      * <code>createDatatypeBuilder(typeLocalName).createDatatype();</code>
30      *
31      * The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.
32      *
33      * @return
34      * A non-null valid datatype object.
35      */
36     Datatype createDatatype( String JavaDoc typeLocalName ) throws DatatypeException;
37 }
38
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