Package net.sf.saxon.type

Class ExternalObjectType

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.type.AnyExternalObjectType

net.sf.saxon.type.ExternalObjectType

All Implemented Interfaces:

ItemType

Direct Known Subclasses:

JavaExternalObjectType

public abstract class ExternalObjectType
extends AnyExternalObjectType

This class represents the type of an external object returned by an extension function, or supplied as an external variable/parameter.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sf.saxon.type.AnyExternalObjectType

THE_INSTANCE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ExternalObjectType()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract String	getName()	Get the name of this type.
abstract String	getTargetNamespace()	Get the target namespace of this type.
abstract StructuredQName	getTypeName()	Get the name of this type
final boolean	isPlainType()	Ask whether this is a plain type (a type whose instances are always atomic values)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.type.AnyExternalObjectType

getAtomizedItemType, getBasicAlphaCode, getDefaultPriority, getGenre, getPrimitiveItemType, getPrimitiveType, getUType, isAtomicType, isAtomizable, matches

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.type.ItemType

explainMismatch, getFullAlphaCode, getNormalizedDefaultPriority, toExportString

Constructor Details

ExternalObjectType

public ExternalObjectType()

Method Details

getName

public abstract String getName()

Get the name of this type.

Returns:

the fully qualified name of the Java or .NET class.

getTargetNamespace

public abstract String getTargetNamespace()

Get the target namespace of this type. For Java this is always NamespaceConstant.JAVA_TYPE. For .net it is always NamespaceConstant.DOT_NET_TYPE

Returns:

the target namespace of this type definition.

getTypeName

public abstract StructuredQName getTypeName()

Get the name of this type

Returns:

a name whose namespace indicates the space of Java or .net classes, and whose local name is derived from the fully qualified name of the Java or .net class

isPlainType

public final boolean isPlainType()

Ask whether this is a plain type (a type whose instances are always atomic values)

Specified by:

isPlainType in interface ItemType

Overrides:

isPlainType in class AnyExternalObjectType

Returns:

false. External object types are not considered to be atomic types

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object