org.dlese.dpc.xml.schema
Class SchemaHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.dlese.dpc.xml.schema.SchemaHelper

public class SchemaHelper
extends Object

Class encapsluting semantics of XML Schemas.

Aggregates tools and data structures for working with XML Schemas, and is in turn encapsulated in the MetaDataFramework object. Major components include

• instanceDocument - an xml document representing a "normalized" schema (i.e., in which all elements are defined in-line rather than as dataTypes). An schema instance document is x-path equivalent to a valid xml document for the schema, but contains no values.
• XSDatatypeManager for performing iterative validation of xml documents using datatypes defined in the Schema.
• DefinitionMiner which traverses an XML Schema and builds a dictionary of GlobalElement objects, one for each element defined in the Schema.
• SchemaNodeMap that represents the structure defined by the Schema as a tree of SchemaNode objects.

The SchemaHelper constructors take either a URI or File and builds these structures as it traverseses the schema definition, which may consist of several files.

NOTE: The SchemaHelper assumes that XML Schemas are represented using the "Venetian Blind" technique.

Author:

ostwald

Field Summary

static int	MAXOCCURS_DEFAULT NOT YET DOCUMENTED
static int	MINOCCURS_DEFAULT NOT YET DOCUMENTED
static String	NILLABLE_DEFAULT NOT YET DOCUMENTED
static int	UNBOUNDED NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Constructor Summary

SchemaHelper(File schemaFile)
Constructor for the SchemaHelper object

SchemaHelper(File schemaFile, String rootElementName)
Constructor for the SchemaHelper object for disk-based schema

SchemaHelper(URL schemaURL)
Constructor for the SchemaHelper object

SchemaHelper(URL schemaURL, String rootElementName)
Constructor for the SchemaHelper object using web-based schema.

Method Summary

static void	box(String s, String prefix) NOT YET DOCUMENTED
boolean	checkValidValue(String typeName, String value) Checks to see if a value is valid against a specified datatype.
String	decodeAnyTypeXpath(String xpath) Replaces xpath used to access an "anyType" node in the XML Document with a version that is known to the schema.
void	destroy() Description of the Method
String	encodeAnyTypeXpath(String xpath) Replaces xpath having node name of "any" with a wild-card version that can actually access the any element (which is anonymous) in the XML Document.
String	encodePathIfAnyType(String xpath)
List	getChildrenOrder(String xpath) Returns a list of element names for the given path from the instanceDoc.
Compositor	getCompositor(SchemaNode schemaNode) Gets the compositor attribute of the SchemaHelper object
Compositor	getCompositor(String xpath) Gets the compositor attribute of the SchemaHelper object
DefinitionMiner	getDefinitionMiner() Gets the definitionMiner attribute of the SchemaHelper object
List	getEnumerationValues(GlobalDef globalDef, boolean getLeafValues) Gets the enumerationValues that are specified by the typeName.
List	getEnumerationValues(String typeName, boolean getLeafValues) Gets the enumerationValues attribute of the SchemaHelper object
GlobalDef	getGlobalDef(SchemaNode schemaNode) Gets a globalDef from the globalDefMap.
GlobalDef	getGlobalDef(String typeName) Gets a globalDef from the default namespace of the globalDefMap.
GlobalDef	getGlobalDefFromXPath(String xpath) Finds a globalDef object for a given xpath.
GlobalDefMap	getGlobalDefMap() Gets the globalDefMap attribute of the SchemaHelper object.
Node	getInstanceDocNode(String xpath) Gets a Node from the instanceDocument
List	getInstanceDocNodes(String xpath) Gets the instanceDocNodes attribute of the SchemaHelper object
Document	getInstanceDocument() Gets the instanceDocument attribute of the SchemaHelper object
static int	getMaxOccurs(Element e) Utility to extract the maxOccurs attribute of the given element and returns an int equivalent.
Document	getMinimalDocument() Create a miminal instance document that is used as the starting point for a new document.
static int	getMinOccurs(Element e) Extract the minOccurs attribute of the given element and returns an int equivalent.
boolean	getNamespaceEnabled() Gets the namespaceEnabled attribute of the SchemaHelper object
Element	getNewElement(String encodedPath) Creates a "miminalElement" (one that contains only required elements) from the instanceDocument.
SchemaNode	getParentSchemaNode(SchemaNode schemaNode) Gets the parent of a SchemaNode
SchemaNode	getParentSchemaNode(String xpath) Gets the parent of the SchemaNode associated with a given xpath
String	getRepeatingComplexSingletonChildName(String xpath) Gets the qualified element name of the repeatingComplexSingleton child of the node specified by the provided path, or an empty string if such a child does not exist.
String	getRootElementName() Gets the rootElementName attribute of the SchemaHelper object
String	getSchemaLocation() Gets the rootURI attribute of the SchemaHelper object
Namespace	getSchemaNamespace()
SchemaNode	getSchemaNode(String xpath) Gets a schemaNode from the schemaNodeMap.
SchemaNodeMap	getSchemaNodeMap() Gets the schemaNodeMap attribute of the SchemaHelper object
SchemaProps	getSchemaProps() Gets the schemaProps attribute of the SchemaHelper object
String	getTargetNamespace() Gets the targetNamespace attribute of the SchemaHelper object
String	getVersion() Gets the version attribute of the SchemaHelper object
com.sun.msv.datatype.xsd.XSDatatype	getXSDataType(String dataTypeName) Get a named XSDatatype object used to validate input.
XSDatatypeManager	getXSDatatypeManager() Gets the xsdDatatypeManager attribute of the SchemaHelper object.
boolean	hasChoiceCompositor(SchemaNode schemaNode) Returns true if the Node's type definition specifies a choice compositor
boolean	hasChoiceCompositor(String encodedXPath) NOT YET DOCUMENTED
boolean	hasCompositor(String encodedXPath) Returns true if the schemaNode for the specified path has a compositor.
boolean	hasMultiSelect(SchemaNode schemaNode) multiselect iff isComplex hasSequenceCompositor containing a single multiSelect element
boolean	hasOptionalMultiSelect(SchemaNode schemaNode) Returns true if this element is optional and contains only a single multiSelect element.
boolean	hasOptionalMultiSelect(String pathArg) Test a JSP-encoded pathArg for whether it refers to an element that satisfies the hasOptionalMultiSelect(SchemaNode) predicate.
boolean	hasRepeatingComplexSingleton(String xpath) Returns true if the node at the provided path contains a Single, Complex element with maxOccurs of more than 1.
boolean	hasRequiredMultiSelect(SchemaNode schemaNode) NOT YET DOCUMENTED
boolean	hasSequenceCompositor(SchemaNode schemaNode) Returns true if the Node's type definition specifies a sequence compositor
boolean	hasSequenceCompositor(String encodedXPath) NOT YET DOCUMENTED
boolean	isAnyTypeElement(String xpath)
boolean	isChoiceElement(SchemaNode schemaNode) Return true if this element is a member of a choice compositor.
boolean	isChoiceElement(String encodedXPath) Gets the choiceElement attribute of the SchemaHelper object
boolean	isComboUnionType(GlobalDef typeDef) Gets the comboUnionType attribute of the SchemaHelper object
boolean	isEnumerationType(GlobalDef typeDef) Returns true if the given typeDef represents an eumeration datatype
boolean	isEnumerationType(String typeName) Returns true if the typeName corresponds to datatype that represents an enumeration.
boolean	isMultiChoiceElement(SchemaNode schemaNode) Returns true if the given schemaNode allows for multiple choice children elements.
boolean	isMultiChoiceElement(String encodedXPath) Returns true if the given path corresponds to a schemaNode that allows for multiple choice children elements.
boolean	isMultiSelect(SchemaNode schemaNode) Determines if the SchemaNode should rendered as a MultiSelect Element (e.g., checkboxes).
boolean	isMultiSelect(String encodedXPath) Gets the multiSelect attribute of the SchemaHelper object
boolean	isRecursiveElement(String encodedXPath)
boolean	isRepeatingComplexSingleton(String xpath) Returns true if the provided path meets the requirememts for a repeating complex singleton element.
boolean	isRepeatingElement(SchemaNode schemaNode) Gets the repeatingElement attribute of the SchemaHelper object
boolean	isRepeatingElement(SchemaNode schemaNode, GlobalDef typeDef) Determines whether an instanceDocumentNode is a repeating element (i.e., it has maxOccurs > 1 and is NOT an enumerationType).
boolean	isRepeatingElement(String encodedXPath) Gets the repeatingElement attribute of the SchemaHelper object
boolean	isRequiredAttribute(SchemaNode schemaNode) Returns true if a SchemaNode defines a required attribute.
boolean	isRequiredBranch(SchemaNode schemaNode) Returns true if the schemaNode is an element, a complexType (a branch) and is required.
boolean	isRequiredContentElement(SchemaNode schemaNode) Returns true if the given schemaNode must have a text value (in addition to possibly having subelements).
boolean	isSingleton(SchemaNode schemaNode) Returns true if this schemaNode is the only child of it's parent.
boolean	isSingleton(String xpath) Gets the singleton attribute of the SchemaHelper object
static void	main(String[] args) The main program for the SchemaHelper class
static void	setDebug(boolean d) Sets the debug attribute of the SchemaHelper class
void	setSchemaNodeReadOnly(String xpath) set the isReadOnly attribute of the schemaNode specified by the given xpath to true
static void	setVerbose(boolean v) Sets the verbose attribute of the SchemaHelper class
static String	toSchemaPath(String encodedXPath) convert a jsp-encoded path into a normalized form for accessing schemaNodes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MINOCCURS_DEFAULT

public static final int MINOCCURS_DEFAULT

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

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Constant Field Values

MAXOCCURS_DEFAULT

public static final int MAXOCCURS_DEFAULT

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

See Also:

Constant Field Values

NILLABLE_DEFAULT

public static final String NILLABLE_DEFAULT

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

See Also:

Constant Field Values

UNBOUNDED

public static final int UNBOUNDED

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SchemaHelper

public SchemaHelper(File schemaFile)
             throws SchemaHelperException

Constructor for the SchemaHelper object

Parameters:

schemaFile - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Throws:

SchemaHelperException - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

SchemaHelper

public SchemaHelper(File schemaFile,
                    String rootElementName)
             throws SchemaHelperException

Constructor for the SchemaHelper object for disk-based schema

Parameters:

schemaFile - path to root file of schema

rootElementName - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Throws:

SchemaHelperException - Description of the Exception

SchemaHelper

public SchemaHelper(URL schemaURL)
             throws SchemaHelperException

Constructor for the SchemaHelper object

Parameters:

schemaURL - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Throws:

SchemaHelperException - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

SchemaHelper

public SchemaHelper(URL schemaURL,
                    String rootElementName)
             throws SchemaHelperException

Constructor for the SchemaHelper object using web-based schema.

Parameters:

schemaURL - URL to root file of schema

rootElementName - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Throws:

SchemaHelperException - Description of the Exception

Method Detail

getNamespaceEnabled

public boolean getNamespaceEnabled()

Gets the namespaceEnabled attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Returns:

The namespaceEnabled value

getSchemaProps

public SchemaProps getSchemaProps()

Gets the schemaProps attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Returns:

The schemaProps value

getSchemaLocation

public String getSchemaLocation()

Gets the rootURI attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Returns:

The rootURI value

getSchemaNamespace

public Namespace getSchemaNamespace()

getVersion

public String getVersion()

Gets the version attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Returns:

The version value

getRootElementName

public String getRootElementName()

Gets the rootElementName attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Returns:

The rootElementName value

getTargetNamespace

public String getTargetNamespace()

Gets the targetNamespace attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Returns:

The targetNamespace value

getGlobalDef

public GlobalDef getGlobalDef(String typeName)

Gets a globalDef from the default namespace of the globalDefMap.

Parameters:

typeName - the name of the globalDef object

Returns:

a GlobalDef object, or null if not found.

getGlobalDef

public GlobalDef getGlobalDef(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Gets a globalDef from the globalDefMap.

Parameters:

schemaNode - a SchemaNode object

Returns:

a GlobalDef object, or null if not found.

getCompositor

public Compositor getCompositor(String xpath)

Gets the compositor attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Parameters:

xpath - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

The compositor value

getCompositor

public Compositor getCompositor(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Gets the compositor attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Parameters:

schemaNode - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

The compositor value

getInstanceDocNode

public Node getInstanceDocNode(String xpath)

Gets a Node from the instanceDocument

Parameters:

xpath - xpath specifying the desired node

Returns:

The instanceDocument Node (or null if Node is not found)

getInstanceDocNodes

public List getInstanceDocNodes(String xpath)

Gets the instanceDocNodes attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Parameters:

xpath - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

The instanceDocNodes value

getSchemaNode

public SchemaNode getSchemaNode(String xpath)

Gets a schemaNode from the schemaNodeMap. Note: the schemaNodeMap is indexed by "normalized" xpaths (i.e., having no indexing). Since normalizing is idempotent, perhaps we normalize the path before accessing the map . . .

Parameters:

xpath - A string representation of an XPath

Returns:

SchemaNode object , or null if not found

setSchemaNodeReadOnly

public void setSchemaNodeReadOnly(String xpath)

set the isReadOnly attribute of the schemaNode specified by the given xpath to true

Parameters:

xpath - The new schemaNodeReadOnly value

getParentSchemaNode

public SchemaNode getParentSchemaNode(String xpath)

Gets the parent of the SchemaNode associated with a given xpath

Parameters:

xpath - A string representation of an XPath

Returns:

The parent SchemaNode

getParentSchemaNode

public SchemaNode getParentSchemaNode(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Gets the parent of a SchemaNode

Parameters:

schemaNode - a SchemaNode

Returns:

The parent SchemaNode

main

public static void main(String[] args)

The main program for the SchemaHelper class

Parameters:

args - The command line arguments

getXSDataType

public com.sun.msv.datatype.xsd.XSDatatype getXSDataType(String dataTypeName)

Get a named XSDatatype object used to validate input. Used only by EditorAction in the "suggest" package org.dlese.dpc.to validate the email field. this is necessary because the email field is not really specified as being of this type and therefore another way is necessary for finding a validating type.

Parameters:

dataTypeName - The name of a XSDatatype object

Returns:

The xSDataType object

getXSDatatypeManager

public XSDatatypeManager getXSDatatypeManager()

Gets the xsdDatatypeManager attribute of the SchemaHelper object.

Returns:

The xSDatatypeManager value

getGlobalDefMap

public GlobalDefMap getGlobalDefMap()

Gets the globalDefMap attribute of the SchemaHelper object. Currently only used by SchemaHelperTester and therefore can be eliminated when not debugging.

Returns:

The globalDefMap value

getInstanceDocument

public Document getInstanceDocument()

Gets the instanceDocument attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Returns:

The instanceDocument value

getDefinitionMiner

public DefinitionMiner getDefinitionMiner()

Gets the definitionMiner attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Returns:

The definitionMiner value

checkValidValue

public boolean checkValidValue(String typeName,
                               String value)
                        throws Exception

Checks to see if a value is valid against a specified datatype. The paramName is from a request and has the form of "valueOf(/itemRecord/education/blah_1_/@url)". The paraName is used to obtain a XSDatatype.

Parameters:

value - Value to be validated

typeName - Name of the DataType to be validated against

Returns:

true if value is valid

Throws:

Exception - If the value is not valid. The exception usually contains helpful information

getSchemaNodeMap

public SchemaNodeMap getSchemaNodeMap()

Gets the schemaNodeMap attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Returns:

The schemaNodeMap value

toSchemaPath

public static String toSchemaPath(String encodedXPath)

convert a jsp-encoded path into a normalized form for accessing schemaNodes

Parameters:

encodedXPath - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

isRepeatingElement

public boolean isRepeatingElement(String encodedXPath)

Gets the repeatingElement attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Parameters:

encodedXPath - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

The repeatingElement value

isRepeatingElement

public boolean isRepeatingElement(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Gets the repeatingElement attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Parameters:

schemaNode - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

The repeatingElement value

isRepeatingElement

public boolean isRepeatingElement(SchemaNode schemaNode,
                                  GlobalDef typeDef)

Determines whether an instanceDocumentNode is a repeating element (i.e., it has maxOccurs > 1 and is NOT an enumerationType). Note: we pass in the dataTypeName explicitly, rather than obtain it from the schemaNode, because sometimes the Renderer is asked to render a particular schemaNode as specific type (e.g., in the case of derived Content Models) rather than the type it is declared as in the typeDefinition.

Parameters:

schemaNode - a wrapper to a Node in the instanceDocument

typeDef - a DataType to be tested for isEumeration

Returns:

The repeatingElement value

isRecursiveElement

public boolean isRecursiveElement(String encodedXPath)

isSingleton

public boolean isSingleton(String xpath)

Gets the singleton attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Parameters:

xpath - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

The singleton value

isSingleton

public boolean isSingleton(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Returns true if this schemaNode is the only child of it's parent.

Parameters:

schemaNode - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

The singleton value

isRepeatingComplexSingleton

public boolean isRepeatingComplexSingleton(String xpath)

Returns true if the provided path meets the requirememts for a repeating complex singleton element. Requirements are:

• a ComplexType element
• has a maxOccurs of more than 1
• is the only child of it's parent element

Parameters:

xpath - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

The repeatingComplexSingleton value

hasRepeatingComplexSingleton

public boolean hasRepeatingComplexSingleton(String xpath)

Returns true if the node at the provided path contains a Single, Complex element with maxOccurs of more than 1.

Parameters:

xpath - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

getRepeatingComplexSingletonChildName

public String getRepeatingComplexSingletonChildName(String xpath)

Gets the qualified element name of the repeatingComplexSingleton child of the node specified by the provided path, or an empty string if such a child does not exist.

Parameters:

xpath - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

The repeatingComplexSingletonChildName value

isAnyTypeElement

public boolean isAnyTypeElement(String xpath)

isMultiChoiceElement

public boolean isMultiChoiceElement(String encodedXPath)

Returns true if the given path corresponds to a schemaNode that allows for multiple choice children elements.

Parameters:

encodedXPath - xpath corresponding to a schemaNode to be tested

Returns:

The multiChoiceElement value

isMultiChoiceElement

public boolean isMultiChoiceElement(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Returns true if the given schemaNode allows for multiple choice children elements.

Parameters:

schemaNode - schemaNode to be tested

Returns:

true if schemaNode has a choice compositor and has a maxOccurs value greater than 1

isChoiceElement

public boolean isChoiceElement(String encodedXPath)

Gets the choiceElement attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Parameters:

encodedXPath - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

The choiceElement value

isChoiceElement

public boolean isChoiceElement(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Return true if this element is a member of a choice compositor.

This is determined by the typeDefinition of the element's parent.

Parameters:

schemaNode - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

The choiceElement value

hasChoiceCompositor

public boolean hasChoiceCompositor(String encodedXPath)

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Parameters:

encodedXPath - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

hasCompositor

public boolean hasCompositor(String encodedXPath)

Returns true if the schemaNode for the specified path has a compositor.

Parameters:

encodedXPath - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

hasChoiceCompositor

public boolean hasChoiceCompositor(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Returns true if the Node's type definition specifies a choice compositor

Parameters:

schemaNode - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

hasSequenceCompositor

public boolean hasSequenceCompositor(String encodedXPath)

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Parameters:

encodedXPath - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

hasSequenceCompositor

public boolean hasSequenceCompositor(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Returns true if the Node's type definition specifies a sequence compositor

Parameters:

schemaNode - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

isMultiSelect

public boolean isMultiSelect(String encodedXPath)

Gets the multiSelect attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Parameters:

encodedXPath - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

The multiSelect value

isMultiSelect

public boolean isMultiSelect(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Determines if the SchemaNode should rendered as a MultiSelect Element (e.g., checkboxes). Returns true IFF an element:

• is an enumeration type
, AND
• has a minOccurs of 1
, AND
• maxOccurs of "unbounded"

Parameters:

schemaNode - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

The MultiSelect value

hasMultiSelect

public boolean hasMultiSelect(SchemaNode schemaNode)

multiselect iff

• isComplex
• hasSequenceCompositor
• containing a single multiSelect element

Parameters:

schemaNode - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

hasOptionalMultiSelect

public boolean hasOptionalMultiSelect(String pathArg)

Test a JSP-encoded pathArg for whether it refers to an element that satisfies the hasOptionalMultiSelect(SchemaNode) predicate.

NOTE: NEVER REFERENCED

Parameters:

pathArg - an JSP-encoded XPath

Returns:

true if pathArg refers to an element that has an optionalMultiSelect child element

hasOptionalMultiSelect

public boolean hasOptionalMultiSelect(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Returns true if this element is optional and contains only a single multiSelect element. More specifically it returns true if an element:

• isOptional
• isComplex
• hasSequenceCompositor
• containing a single multiSelect element

NOTE: NEVER REFERENCED

Parameters:

schemaNode - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

hasRequiredMultiSelect

public boolean hasRequiredMultiSelect(SchemaNode schemaNode)

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Parameters:

schemaNode - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

isRequiredBranch

public boolean isRequiredBranch(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Returns true if the schemaNode is an element, a complexType (a branch) and is required.

Parameters:

schemaNode - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

The requiredBranch value

isRequiredContentElement

public boolean isRequiredContentElement(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Returns true if the given schemaNode must have a text value (in addition to possibly having subelements). The tricky part of this method is that we are treating "stringTextType" as required (enforcing an implicit convention used in DLESE schemas).

NOTE: currently we are calling ANY extended element (besides stringTextType) optional. I don't even know how you would define it as required in the schema, but I'm not worrying about it for now ...

Parameters:

schemaNode - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

true if the schemaNode represents an element that must have content

isRequiredAttribute

public boolean isRequiredAttribute(SchemaNode schemaNode)

Returns true if a SchemaNode defines a required attribute.

Parameters:

schemaNode - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

The requiredAttribute value

isComboUnionType

public boolean isComboUnionType(GlobalDef typeDef)

Gets the comboUnionType attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Parameters:

typeDef - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

The comboUnionType value

isEnumerationType

public boolean isEnumerationType(GlobalDef typeDef)

Returns true if the given typeDef represents an eumeration datatype

Parameters:

typeDef - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

The enumerationType value

isEnumerationType

public boolean isEnumerationType(String typeName)

Returns true if the typeName corresponds to datatype that represents an enumeration. Union-types are Enumerations IFF all the member types are also enumerations.

Parameters:

typeName - the name of a datatype defined by a schema

Returns:

true if the datatype specifies an enumeration

getChildrenOrder

public List getChildrenOrder(String xpath)

Returns a list of element names for the given path from the instanceDoc. Used to enforce ordering of elements having sequence compositor.

Parameters:

xpath - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

The childrenOrder value

getEnumerationValues

public List getEnumerationValues(GlobalDef globalDef,
                                 boolean getLeafValues)

Gets the enumerationValues that are specified by the typeName. If the getLeafValues parameter is true, then human-readable values (e.g., "DLESE:" would be stripped from "DLESE:author")are returned, if possible.

Parameters:

getLeafValues - specifies whether human-readable values are returned

globalDef - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

The enumerationValues value, or null if the typeNode is not found.

getEnumerationValues

public List getEnumerationValues(String typeName,
                                 boolean getLeafValues)

Gets the enumerationValues attribute of the SchemaHelper object

Parameters:

typeName - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

getLeafValues - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Returns:

The enumerationValues value

getGlobalDefFromXPath

public GlobalDef getGlobalDefFromXPath(String xpath)

Finds a globalDef object for a given xpath. This is done by first obtaining the globalDef NAME from the SchemaNodeMap and then using the name as an index into the GlobalDefMap.

Parameters:

xpath - an xpath to a specific node

Returns:

an GlobalDef object

getMinimalDocument

public Document getMinimalDocument()

Create a miminal instance document that is used as the starting point for a new document. The miminal document should contain only those elements that are required for a valid document for the current framework.

Returns:

The minimalDocument as a Document

getNewElement

public Element getNewElement(String encodedPath)

Creates a "miminalElement" (one that contains only required elements) from the instanceDocument.

Parameters:

encodedPath - JSP-encoded xpath that specifies the element to create

Returns:

An element from the instanceDocument pruned to eliminate non-required branches.

getMaxOccurs

public static int getMaxOccurs(Element e)

Utility to extract the maxOccurs attribute of the given element and returns an int equivalent. Returns default value if element does not contain maxOccurs attribute.

Parameters:

e - element from a xml schema

Returns:

The maxOccurs value as or default as int

getMinOccurs

public static int getMinOccurs(Element e)

Extract the minOccurs attribute of the given element and returns an int equivalent. Returns default value if element does not contain minOccurs attribute.

Parameters:

e - element from a xml schema

Returns:

The minOccurs value as or default as int

encodePathIfAnyType

public String encodePathIfAnyType(String xpath)

encodeAnyTypeXpath

public String encodeAnyTypeXpath(String xpath)

Replaces xpath having node name of "any" with a wild-card version that can actually access the any element (which is anonymous) in the XML Document.

decodeAnyTypeXpath

public String decodeAnyTypeXpath(String xpath)

Replaces xpath used to access an "anyType" node in the XML Document with a version that is known to the schema. I.e., Replaces the node-name of '*' with 'any' while preserving any indexing.

destroy

public void destroy()

Description of the Method

setDebug

public static void setDebug(boolean d)

Sets the debug attribute of the SchemaHelper class

Parameters:

d - The new debug value

setVerbose

public static void setVerbose(boolean v)

Sets the verbose attribute of the SchemaHelper class

Parameters:

v - The new verbose value

box

public static void box(String s,
                       String prefix)

NOT YET DOCUMENTED

Parameters:

s - NOT YET DOCUMENTED

prefix - NOT YET DOCUMENTED