relaxngcc.datatype
Class Datatype

java.lang.Object
  relaxngcc.datatype.Datatype

public final class Datatype
extends java.lang.Object

Represents a RELAX NG datatype and its parsing code generator.

Author:

Kohsuke Kawaguchi (kk@kohsuke.org)

Field Summary

static Datatype

NOOP Datatype instance that doesn't do any conversion.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	displayName() Gets the display name of this datatype.
CDExpression	generate(NGCCGrammar grammar, CDVariable $text) Generates the expression that parses the specified string into a target language value type.
CDType	getType() Returns the type to which the return value from the generate method evaluates to.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NOOP

public static final Datatype NOOP

Datatype instance that doesn't do any conversion. This is the default logic.

Method Detail

generate

public CDExpression generate(NGCCGrammar grammar,
                             CDVariable $text)
                      throws NoDefinitionException,
                             java.io.IOException

Generates the expression that parses the specified string into a target language value type.

Parameters:

grammar - This datatype is used for this grammar.

Throws:

NoDefinitionException

java.io.IOException

getType

public CDType getType()

Returns the type to which the return value from the generate method evaluates to.

displayName

public java.lang.String displayName()

Gets the display name of this datatype. Usually this is the datatype name, but not always.

Returns:

a non-null valid string.