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 Constant to denote and multiple cardinality.
static short	CARDINALITY_ONCE Constant to denote and single cardinality.
static short	CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL Constant to denote and optional cardinality.
static short	CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL_MULTIPLE Constant to denote and optional multiple cardinality.

Method Summary

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

Field Detail

CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL

public static final short CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL

Constant to denote and optional cardinality.

CARDINALITY_MULTIPLE

public static final short CARDINALITY_MULTIPLE

Constant to denote and multiple cardinality.

CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL_MULTIPLE

public static final short CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL_MULTIPLE

Constant to denote and optional multiple cardinality.

CARDINALITY_ONCE

public static final short CARDINALITY_ONCE

Constant to denote and single cardinality.

Method Detail

getCardinality

public short getCardinality()

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

Returns:

The cardinality for this ContentParticle.

See Also:

setCardinality(short)

setCardinality

public void setCardinality(short cardinality)

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

Parameters:

cardinality - The cardinality for this ContentParticle.

See Also:

getCardinality()