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Interface AtomicType</H2>
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<DT><B>All Superinterfaces:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.type">ItemType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/PlainType.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.type">PlainType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaComponent.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.type">SchemaComponent</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.type">SchemaType</A>, <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Serializable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">Serializable</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SimpleType.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.type">SimpleType</A></DD>
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<DT><B>All Known Implementing Classes:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/BuiltInAtomicType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.type">BuiltInAtomicType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ExternalObjectType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.type">ExternalObjectType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/saxonica/schema/UserAtomicType.html" title="class in com.saxonica.schema">UserAtomicType</A></DD>
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<DT><PRE>public interface <B>AtomicType</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SimpleType.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.type">SimpleType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/PlainType.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.type">PlainType</A></DL>
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Interface for atomic types (these are either built-in atomic types
or user-defined atomic types). An AtomicType is both an ItemType (a possible type
for items in a sequence) and a SchemaType (a possible type for validating and
annotating nodes).
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<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SimpleType.html#VARIETY_ATOMIC">VARIETY_ATOMIC</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SimpleType.html#VARIETY_LIST">VARIETY_LIST</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SimpleType.html#VARIETY_UNION">VARIETY_UNION</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SimpleType.html#VARIETY_UNSPECIFIED_SIMPLE">VARIETY_UNSPECIFIED_SIMPLE</A></CODE></TD>
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<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#DERIVATION_EXTENSION">DERIVATION_EXTENSION</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#DERIVATION_LIST">DERIVATION_LIST</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#DERIVATION_RESTRICTION">DERIVATION_RESTRICTION</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#DERIVATION_UNION">DERIVATION_UNION</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#DERIVE_BY_SUBSTITUTION">DERIVE_BY_SUBSTITUTION</A></CODE></TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/StructuredQName.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.om">StructuredQName</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/AtomicType.html#getTypeName()">getTypeName</A></B>()</CODE>
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Get the name of this type as a StructuredQName, unless the type is anonymous, in which case
return null</TD>
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<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/AtomicType.html#isAbstract()">isAbstract</A></B>()</CODE>
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Determine whether the type is abstract, that is, whether it cannot have instances that are not also
instances of some concrete subtype</TD>
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<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/AtomicType.html#isBuiltInType()">isBuiltInType</A></B>()</CODE>
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Determine whether the atomic type is a built-in type.</TD>
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<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/AtomicType.html#isOrdered()">isOrdered</A></B>()</CODE>
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Determine whether the atomic type is ordered, that is, whether less-than and greater-than comparisons
are permitted</TD>
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<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/AtomicType.html#isPrimitiveType()">isPrimitiveType</A></B>()</CODE>
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Determine whether the atomic type is a primitive type.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ValidationFailure.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.type">ValidationFailure</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/AtomicType.html#validate(net.sf.saxon.value.AtomicValue, java.lang.CharSequence, net.sf.saxon.lib.ConversionRules)">validate</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/AtomicValue.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">AtomicValue</A> primValue,
<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A> lexicalValue,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/lib/ConversionRules.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.lib">ConversionRules</A> rules)</CODE>
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Validate that a primitive atomic value is a valid instance of a type derived from the
same primitive type.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#allowsDerivation(int)">allowsDerivation</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#analyzeContentExpression(net.sf.saxon.expr.Expression, int, net.sf.saxon.expr.StaticContext)">analyzeContentExpression</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#atomize(net.sf.saxon.om.NodeInfo)">atomize</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#checkTypeDerivationIsOK(net.sf.saxon.type.SchemaType, int)">checkTypeDerivationIsOK</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#getBaseType()">getBaseType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#getBlock()">getBlock</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#getDerivationMethod()">getDerivationMethod</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#getDescription()">getDescription</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#getDisplayName()">getDisplayName</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#getFingerprint()">getFingerprint</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#getName()">getName</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#getNameCode()">getNameCode</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#getSystemId()">getSystemId</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#getTargetNamespace()">getTargetNamespace</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#getTypedValue(net.sf.saxon.om.NodeInfo)">getTypedValue</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#isAnonymousType()">isAnonymousType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#isComplexType()">isComplexType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#isIdRefType()">isIdRefType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#isIdType()">isIdType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#isSameType(net.sf.saxon.type.SchemaType)">isSameType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SchemaType.html#isSimpleType()">isSimpleType</A></CODE></TD>
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<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html#getAtomizedItemType()">getAtomizedItemType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html#getDefaultPriority()">getDefaultPriority</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html#getPrimitiveItemType()">getPrimitiveItemType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html#getPrimitiveType()">getPrimitiveType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html#getSuperType(net.sf.saxon.type.TypeHierarchy)">getSuperType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html#isAtomicType()">isAtomicType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html#isAtomizable()">isAtomizable</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html#isPlainType()">isPlainType</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html#matches(net.sf.saxon.om.Item, net.sf.saxon.expr.XPathContext)">matches</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html#matchesItem(net.sf.saxon.om.Item, boolean, net.sf.saxon.Configuration)">matchesItem</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html#toString(net.sf.saxon.om.NamePool)">toString</A>, <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ItemType.html#visitNamedSchemaComponents(net.sf.saxon.type.SchemaComponentVisitor)">visitNamedSchemaComponents</A></CODE></TD>
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validate</H3>
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<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/ValidationFailure.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.type">ValidationFailure</A> <B>validate</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/AtomicValue.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">AtomicValue</A> primValue,
<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A> lexicalValue,
<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/lib/ConversionRules.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.lib">ConversionRules</A> rules)</PRE>
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<DD>Validate that a primitive atomic value is a valid instance of a type derived from the
same primitive type.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>primValue</CODE> - the value in the value space of the primitive type.<DD><CODE>lexicalValue</CODE> - the value in the lexical space. If null, the string value of primValue
is used. This value is checked against the pattern facet (if any)<DD><CODE>rules</CODE> -
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>null if the value is valid; otherwise, a ValidationFailure object indicating
the nature of the error.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/UnsupportedOperationException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">UnsupportedOperationException</A></CODE> - in the case of an external object type</DL>
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isOrdered</H3>
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boolean <B>isOrdered</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Determine whether the atomic type is ordered, that is, whether less-than and greater-than comparisons
are permitted
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</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if ordering operations are permitted</DL>
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isAbstract</H3>
<PRE>
boolean <B>isAbstract</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Determine whether the type is abstract, that is, whether it cannot have instances that are not also
instances of some concrete subtype
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isPrimitiveType</H3>
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boolean <B>isPrimitiveType</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Determine whether the atomic type is a primitive type. The primitive types are
the 19 primitive types of XML Schema, plus xs:integer, xs:dayTimeDuration and xs:yearMonthDuration;
xs:untypedAtomic; and all supertypes of these (xs:anyAtomicType, xs:numeric, ...)
<P>
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</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the type is considered primitive under the above rules</DL>
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isBuiltInType</H3>
<PRE>
boolean <B>isBuiltInType</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Determine whether the atomic type is a built-in type. The built-in atomic types are the 41 atomic types
defined in XML Schema, plus xs:dayTimeDuration and xs:yearMonthDuration,
xs:untypedAtomic, and all supertypes of these (xs:anyAtomicType, xs:numeric, ...)
<P>
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SimpleType.html#isBuiltInType()">isBuiltInType</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/type/SimpleType.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.type">SimpleType</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if this is a built-in type</DL>
</DD>
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getTypeName</H3>
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<DD>Get the name of this type as a StructuredQName, unless the type is anonymous, in which case
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the name of the atomic type, or null if the type is anonymous.</DL>
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