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Xerces 3.1.1 API: Class XMLContentSpec
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Class XMLContentSpec

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLContentSpec
public class XMLContentSpec
extends java.lang.Object

ContentSpec really exists to aid the parser classes in implementing access to the grammar.

This class is used by the DTD scanner and the validator classes, allowing them to be used separately or together. This "struct" class is used to build content models for validation, where it is more efficient to fetch all of the information for each of these content model "fragments" than to fetch each field one at a time. Since configurations are allowed to have validators without a DTD scanner (i.e. a schema validator) and a DTD scanner without a validator (non-validating processor), this class can be used by each without requiring the presence of the other.

When processing element declarations, the DTD scanner will build up a representation of the content model using the node types that are defined here. Since a non-validating processor only needs to remember the type of content model declared (i.e. ANY, EMPTY, MIXED, or CHILDREN), it is free to discard the specific details of the MIXED and CHILDREN content models described using this class.

In the typical case of a validating processor reading the grammar of the document from a DTD, the information about the content model declared will be preserved and later "compiled" into an efficient form for use during element validation. Each content spec node that is saved is assigned a unique index that is used as a handle for the "value" or "otherValue" fields of other content spec nodes. A leaf node has a "value" that is either an index in the string pool of the element type of that leaf, or a value of -1 to indicate the special "#PCDATA" leaf type used in a mixed content model.

For a mixed content model, the content spec will be made up of leaf and choice content spec nodes, with an optional "zero or more" node. For example, the mixed content declaration "(#PCDATA)" would contain a single leaf node with a node value of -1. A mixed content declaration of "(#PCDATA|foo)*" would have a content spec consisting of two leaf nodes, for the "#PCDATA" and "foo" choices, a choice node with the "value" set to the index of the "#PCDATA" leaf node and the "otherValue" set to the index of the "foo" leaf node, and a "zero or more" node with the "value" set to the index of the choice node. If the content model has more choices, for example "(#PCDATA|a|b)*", then there will be more corresponding choice and leaf nodes, the choice nodes will be chained together through the "value" field with each leaf node referenced by the "otherValue" field.

For element content models, there are sequence nodes and also "zero or one" and "one or more" nodes. The leaf nodes would always have a valid string pool index, as the "#PCDATA" leaf is not used in the declarations for element content models.

Version:
$Id: XMLContentSpec.java,v 1.11 2000/10/12 18:42:10 ericye Exp $

Inner Class Summary
static interface XMLContentSpec.Provider
          Provides a means for walking the structure built out of content spec "nodes".
 
Field Summary
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY
          Represents any namespace specified namespace.
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_LAX
          prcessContent is 'lax'
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_LOCAL
          Represents any local element (XML Schema: ##local).
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_LOCAL_LAX
           
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_LOCAL_SKIP
           
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_OTHER
          Represents any other namespace (XML Schema: ##other).
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_OTHER_LAX
           
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_OTHER_SKIP
           
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_SKIP
          processContent is 'skip'
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_CHOICE
          Represents choice, '|'.
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_LEAF
          Name or #PCDATA.
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_ONE_OR_MORE
          Represents a one or more occurence count, '+'.
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_SEQ
          Represents sequence, ','.
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_ZERO_OR_MORE
          Represents a zero or more occurence count, '*'.
static int CONTENTSPECNODE_ZERO_OR_ONE
          Represents a zero or one occurence count, '?'.
 int otherValue
          The "right hand" value of the content spec node.
 int type
          The content spec node type.
 int value
          The "left hand" value of the content spec node.
 
Constructor Summary
XMLContentSpec()
          Default constructor.
XMLContentSpec(int type, int value, int otherValue)
          Constructs a content spec with the specified values.
XMLContentSpec(XMLContentSpec.Provider provider, int contentSpecIndex)
          Constructs a content spec from the values specified by the given content spec provider and identifier.
XMLContentSpec(XMLContentSpec contentSpec)
          Constructs a content spec from the values in the specified content spec.
 
Method Summary
 void clear()
          Clears the values.
 boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)
          Returns true if the two objects are equal.
 int hashCode()
          Returns a hash code for this node.
 void setValues(int type, int value, int otherValue)
          Sets the values.
 void setValues(XMLContentSpec.Provider provider, int contentSpecIndex)
          Sets the values from the values specified by the given content spec provider and identifier.
 void setValues(XMLContentSpec contentSpec)
          Sets the values of the specified content spec.
static java.lang.String toString(XMLContentSpec.Provider provider, org.apache.xerces.utils.StringPool stringPool, int contentSpecIndex)
          Returns a string representation of the specified content spec identifier in the form of a DTD element content model.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

CONTENTSPECNODE_LEAF

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_LEAF
Name or #PCDATA. Leaf nodes that represent parsed character data (#PCDATA) have values of -1.

CONTENTSPECNODE_ZERO_OR_ONE

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_ZERO_OR_ONE
Represents a zero or one occurence count, '?'.

CONTENTSPECNODE_ZERO_OR_MORE

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_ZERO_OR_MORE
Represents a zero or more occurence count, '*'.

CONTENTSPECNODE_ONE_OR_MORE

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_ONE_OR_MORE
Represents a one or more occurence count, '+'.

CONTENTSPECNODE_CHOICE

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_CHOICE
Represents choice, '|'.

CONTENTSPECNODE_SEQ

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_SEQ
Represents sequence, ','.

CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY
Represents any namespace specified namespace. When the element found in the document must belong to a specific namespace, otherValue will contain the name of the namespace. If otherValue is -1 then the element can be from any namespace.

Lists of valid namespaces are created from choice content spec nodes that have any content spec nodes as children.

CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_OTHER

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_OTHER
Represents any other namespace (XML Schema: ##other).

When the content spec node type is set to CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_OTHER, value will contain the namespace that cannot occur.

CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_LOCAL

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_LOCAL
Represents any local element (XML Schema: ##local).

CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_LAX

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_LAX
prcessContent is 'lax'

CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_OTHER_LAX

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_OTHER_LAX

CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_LOCAL_LAX

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_LOCAL_LAX

CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_SKIP

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_SKIP
processContent is 'skip'

CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_OTHER_SKIP

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_OTHER_SKIP

CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_LOCAL_SKIP

public static final int CONTENTSPECNODE_ANY_LOCAL_SKIP

type

public int type
The content spec node type.
See Also:
CONTENTSPECNODE_LEAF, CONTENTSPECNODE_ZERO_OR_ONE, CONTENTSPECNODE_ZERO_OR_MORE, CONTENTSPECNODE_ONE_OR_MORE, CONTENTSPECNODE_CHOICE, CONTENTSPECNODE_SEQ

value

public int value
The "left hand" value of the content spec node. // leaf index, single child for unary ops, left child for binary ops.

otherValue

public int otherValue
The "right hand" value of the content spec node. // right child for binary ops
Constructor Detail 

public XMLContentSpec()
Default constructor.

public XMLContentSpec(int type,
                      int value,
                      int otherValue)
Constructs a content spec with the specified values.

public XMLContentSpec(XMLContentSpec contentSpec)
Constructs a content spec from the values in the specified content spec.

public XMLContentSpec(XMLContentSpec.Provider provider,
                      int contentSpecIndex)
Constructs a content spec from the values specified by the given content spec provider and identifier.
Method Detail

clear

public void clear()
Clears the values.

setValues

public void setValues(int type,
                      int value,
                      int otherValue)
Sets the values.

setValues

public void setValues(XMLContentSpec contentSpec)
Sets the values of the specified content spec.

setValues

public void setValues(XMLContentSpec.Provider provider,
                      int contentSpecIndex)
Sets the values from the values specified by the given content spec provider and identifier. If the specified content spec cannot be provided, the values of this content spec are cleared.

toString

public static java.lang.String toString(XMLContentSpec.Provider provider,
                                        org.apache.xerces.utils.StringPool stringPool,
                                        int contentSpecIndex)
Returns a string representation of the specified content spec identifier in the form of a DTD element content model.

Note: This method is not namespace aware.

hashCode

public int hashCode()
Returns a hash code for this node.
Overrides:
hashCode in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)
Returns true if the two objects are equal.
Overrides:
equals in class java.lang.Object
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