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34
35package com.sun.xml.internal.org.relaxng.datatype;
36
37/**
38 * A Datatype library
39 *
40 * @author <a href="mailto:jjc@jclark.com">James Clark</a>
41 * @author <a href="mailto:kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com">Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI</a>
42 */
43public interface DatatypeLibrary {
44
45        /**
46         * Creates a new instance of DatatypeBuilder.
47         *
48         * The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.
49         *
50         * @param baseTypeLocalName
51         *              The local name of the base type.
52         *
53         * @return
54         *              A non-null valid datatype object.
55         */
56        DatatypeBuilder createDatatypeBuilder( String baseTypeLocalName )
57                throws DatatypeException;
58
59        /**
60         * Gets or creates a pre-defined type.
61         *
62         * This is just a short-cut of
63         * <code>createDatatypeBuilder(typeLocalName).createDatatype();</code>
64         *
65         * The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.
66         *
67         * @return
68         *              A non-null valid datatype object.
69         */
70        Datatype createDatatype( String typeLocalName ) throws DatatypeException;
71}
72