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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 ) throws DatatypeException;
62 }
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