net.sf.saxon.type

Interface PlainType

All Superinterfaces:

ItemType

All Known Subinterfaces:

AtomicType

All Known Implementing Classes:

BuiltInAtomicType, ErrorType, UserAtomicType, UserUnionType

public interface PlainType
extends ItemType

A "plain type" is either an atomic type, or a union type that (a) imposes no restrictions other than those imposed by its member types, and (b) has exclusively plain types as its member types

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Set<? extends PlainType>	getPlainMemberTypes() Get the list of plain types that are subsumed by this type
boolean	isExternalType()

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

getAtomizedItemType, getPrimitiveItemType, getPrimitiveType, getSuperType, isAtomicType, isAtomizable, isPlainType, matches, matchesItem, visitNamedSchemaComponents

Method Detail

isExternalType

boolean isExternalType()

getPlainMemberTypes

Set<? extends PlainType> getPlainMemberTypes()

Get the list of plain types that are subsumed by this type

Returns:

for an atomic type, the type itself; for a plain union type, the list of plain types in its transitive membership