AttributeGroup (Castor JavaDoc)

java.lang.Object
- org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.Structure
- - org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.Annotated
  - - org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.AttributeGroup

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AttributeGroupDecl, AttributeGroupReference
```
public abstract class AttributeGroup
extends Annotated
```
An XML Schema Attribute Group Definition

Version:

$Revision: 5951 $ $Date: 2006-04-14 04:14:43 -0600 (Fri, 14 Apr 2006) $

Author:

Keith Visco

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.Structure
  ANNOTATION, ANYTYPE, APPINFO, ATTRIBUTE, ATTRIBUTE_GROUP, COMPLEX_CONTENT, COMPLEX_TYPE, DOCUMENTATION, ELEMENT, FACET, GROUP, IDENTITY_FIELD, IDENTITY_SELECTOR, KEY, KEYREF, LIST, MODELGROUP, MODELGROUP_REF, REDEFINE, SCHEMA, SIMPLE_CONTENT, SIMPLE_TYPE, UNION, UNIQUE, UNKNOWN, WILDCARD

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AttributeGroup()

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`AttributeGroup()`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Wildcard`	`getAnyAttribute()`	Returns the anyAttribute set in this attribute group if any.
`abstract AttributeDecl`	`getAttribute(java.lang.String name)`	Returns the AttributeDecl associated with the given name
`abstract java.util.Enumeration`	`getAttributes()`	Returns an Enumeration of all the attributes of this attribute group.
`java.lang.String`	`getId()`	Returns the id of this AttributeGroup
`short`	`getStructureType()`	Returns the type of this Schema Structure
`abstract boolean`	`isEmpty()`	Returns true if this AttributeGroup does not contain any AttributeDecls or any non-empty AttributeGroupReferences
`void`	`setId(java.lang.String id)`	Sets the id of this AttributeGroup
`void`	`validate()`	Checks the validity of this Attribute declaration

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.Annotated
addAnnotation, getAnnotations, removeAnnotation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.Structure
isValid

- Constructor Detail
  - AttributeGroup
```
public AttributeGroup()
```
- Method Detail
  - getAnyAttribute
```
public abstract Wildcard getAnyAttribute()
```
    Returns the anyAttribute set in this attribute group if any.
    
    Returns:
    
    the anyAttribute set in this attribute group if any.
  - getAttribute
```
public abstract AttributeDecl getAttribute(java.lang.String name)
```
    Returns the AttributeDecl associated with the given name
    
    Returns:
    
    the AttributeDecl associated with the given name, or null if no AttributeDecl with the given name was found.
  - getAttributes
```
public abstract java.util.Enumeration getAttributes()
```
    Returns an Enumeration of all the attributes of this attribute group. The enumeration includes attributes from all AttributeGroupReferences contained in this AttributeGroup.
    
    Returns:
    
    an Enumeration of all the attributes of this attribute group.
  - getId
```
public java.lang.String getId()
```
    Returns the id of this AttributeGroup
    
    Returns:
    
    the id of this AttributeGroup, or null, if no id was defined.
  - isEmpty
```
public abstract boolean isEmpty()
```
    Returns true if this AttributeGroup does not contain any AttributeDecls or any non-empty AttributeGroupReferences
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this AttributeGroup does not contain any AttributeDecls or any non-empty AttributeGroupReferences
  - getStructureType
```
public short getStructureType()
```
    Returns the type of this Schema Structure
    
    Specified by:
    
    getStructureType in class Structure
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of this Schema Structure
  - setId
```
public void setId(java.lang.String id)
```
    Sets the id of this AttributeGroup
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - the id of this AttributeGroup
  - validate
```
public void validate()
              throws ValidationException
```
    Checks the validity of this Attribute declaration
    
    Specified by:
    
    validate in class Structure
    
    Throws:
    
    ValidationException - when this Attribute declaration is invalid

Class AttributeGroup

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.Structure

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.Annotated

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.Structure

Constructor Detail

AttributeGroup

Method Detail

getAnyAttribute

getAttribute

getAttributes

getId

isEmpty

getStructureType

setId

validate