com.conradroche.dtd.decl.elem
Interface ContentParticle

All Known Subinterfaces:

CompositeContentParticle, SimpleContentParticle

public interface ContentParticle

The ContentParticle. From the XML Specifications - content particles (cps), consist of names, choice lists of content particles, or sequence lists of content particles. [48] cp ::= (Name | choice | seq) ('?' | '*' | '+')?

Author:

Conrad Roche

Field Summary

static short	CARDINALITY_MULTIPLE
static short	CARDINALITY_ONCE
static short	CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL
static short	CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL_MULTIPLE

Method Summary

short	getCardinality() Returns the multiplicity for this ContentParticle.
void	setCardinality(short multiplicity) Sets the multiplicity for this ContentParticle.

Field Detail

CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL

public static final short CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL

CARDINALITY_MULTIPLE

public static final short CARDINALITY_MULTIPLE

CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL_MULTIPLE

public static final short CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL_MULTIPLE

CARDINALITY_ONCE

public static final short CARDINALITY_ONCE

Method Detail

getCardinality

public short getCardinality()

Returns the multiplicity for this ContentParticle. The multiplicity can have one of four values - CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL ('?'), CARDINALITY_MULTIPLE ('+') or CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL_MULTIPLE ('*') or CARDINALITY_ONCE.

Returns:

The multiplicity for this ContentParticle.

setCardinality

public void setCardinality(short multiplicity)

Sets the multiplicity for this ContentParticle. The multiplicity can have one of four values - CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL ('?'), CARDINALITY_MULTIPLE ('+') or CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL_MULTIPLE ('*') or CARDINALITY_ONCE.

Parameters:

multiplicity - The multiplicity for this ContentParticle.