net.sf.saxon.type
Class BuiltInType

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.type.BuiltInType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public abstract class BuiltInType
extends Object
implements Serializable

This non-instantiable class acts as a register of Schema objects containing all the built-in types: that is, the types defined in the "xs" namespace.

Previously called BuiltInSchemaFactory; but its original function has largely been moved to the two classes BuiltInAtomicType and BuiltInListType

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Serialized Form

Method Summary

static SchemaType	getSchemaType(int fingerprint) Get the schema type with a given fingerprint
(package private) static void	register(int fingerprint, SchemaType type) Method for internal use to register a built in type with this class

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getSchemaType

public static SchemaType getSchemaType(int fingerprint)

Get the schema type with a given fingerprint

Parameters:

fingerprint - the fingerprint representing the name of the required type

Returns:

the SchemaType object representing the given type, if known, otherwise null

register

static void register(int fingerprint,
                     SchemaType type)

Method for internal use to register a built in type with this class

Parameters:

fingerprint - the fingerprint of the type name

type - the SchemaType representing the built in type