org.apache.xerces.xs
Interface XSAnnotation

All Superinterfaces:
XSObject
All Known Implementing Classes:
XSAnnotationImpl

public interface XSAnnotation
extends XSObject

This interface represents the Annotation schema component.


Field Summary
static short SAX_CONTENTHANDLER
          The object type is org.xml.sax.ContentHandler.
static short W3C_DOM_DOCUMENT
          The object type is org.w3c.dom.Document.
static short W3C_DOM_ELEMENT
          The object type is org.w3c.dom.Element.
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.String getAnnotationString()
          A text representation of the annotation.
 boolean writeAnnotation(java.lang.Object target, short targetType)
          Write contents of the annotation to the specified object.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.apache.xerces.xs.XSObject
getName, getNamespace, getNamespaceItem, getType
 

Field Detail

W3C_DOM_ELEMENT

static final short W3C_DOM_ELEMENT
The object type is org.w3c.dom.Element.

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Constant Field Values

SAX_CONTENTHANDLER

static final short SAX_CONTENTHANDLER
The object type is org.xml.sax.ContentHandler.

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W3C_DOM_DOCUMENT

static final short W3C_DOM_DOCUMENT
The object type is org.w3c.dom.Document.

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Method Detail

writeAnnotation

boolean writeAnnotation(java.lang.Object target,
                        short targetType)
Write contents of the annotation to the specified object. If the specified target is a DOM object, in-scope namespace declarations for annotation element are added as attribute nodes of the serialized annotation, otherwise the corresponding events for all in-scope namespace declarations are sent via the specified document handler.

Parameters:
target - A target pointer to the annotation target object, i.e. org.w3c.dom.Document, org.w3c.dom.Element , org.xml.sax.ContentHandler.
targetType - A target type.
Returns:
True if the target is a recognized type and supported by this implementation, otherwise false.

getAnnotationString

java.lang.String getAnnotationString()
A text representation of the annotation.