org.exolab.castor.xml.schema
Class AttributeGroupReference

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.Structure
      org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.Annotated
          org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.AttributeGroup
              org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.AttributeGroupReference

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public final class AttributeGroupReference

extends AttributeGroup

An XML Schema Attribute Group Definition

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2001/01/25 21:27:27 $

Author:

Keith Visco

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.Structure

ANNOTATION, APPINFO, ATTRIBUTE, ATTRIBUTE_GROUP, COMPLEX_CONTENT, COMPLEX_TYPE, DOCUMENTATION, ELEMENT, FACET, GROUP, IDENTITY_FIELD, IDENTITY_SELECTOR, KEY, KEYREF, LIST, MODELGROUP, MODELGROUP_REF, REDEFINE, SCHEMA, SIMPLE_CONTENT, SIMPLE_TYPE, UNION, UNIQUE, UNKNOWN, WILDCARD

Constructor Summary

AttributeGroupReference(Schema schema, java.lang.String reference)
Creates a new AttributeGroup definition

Method Summary

AttributeDecl	getAttribute(java.lang.String name) Returns the AttributeDecl associated with the given name
java.util.Enumeration	getAttributes() Returns an enumeration of the AttributeDecls and AttributeGroups of this AttributeGroup
java.lang.String	getReference() Gets the name of the attribute group this class refers to.
boolean	isEmpty() Returns true if this AttributeGroup does not contain any AttributeDecls or any non-empty AttributeGroups
AttributeGroup	resolveReference() Resolves the attribute group reference

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.AttributeGroup

getId, getStructureType, setId, validate

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.Annotated

addAnnotation, getAnnotations, removeAnnotation

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.Structure

isValid

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AttributeGroupReference

public AttributeGroupReference(Schema schema,
                               java.lang.String reference)

Creates a new AttributeGroup definition

Parameters:

schema - the Schema that this AttributeGroup belongs to.

Method Detail

getReference

public java.lang.String getReference()

Gets the name of the attribute group this class refers to.

resolveReference

public AttributeGroup resolveReference()

Resolves the attribute group reference

Returns:

the attribute group defined at the schema level that is refered to by this class.

getAttribute

public AttributeDecl getAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Returns the AttributeDecl associated with the given name

Specified by:

getAttribute in class AttributeGroup

Returns:

the AttributeDecl associated with the given name, or null if no AttributeDecl with the given name was found.

getAttributes

public java.util.Enumeration getAttributes()

Returns an enumeration of the AttributeDecls and AttributeGroups of this AttributeGroup

Specified by:

getAttributes in class AttributeGroup

Returns:

an Enumeration of the AttributeDecls and AttributeGroups of this AttributeGroup

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Returns true if this AttributeGroup does not contain any AttributeDecls or any non-empty AttributeGroups

Specified by:

isEmpty in class AttributeGroup

Returns:

true if this AttributeGroup does not contain any AttributeDecls or any non-empty AttributeGroups