com.sun.msv.verifier
Interface DocumentDeclaration

All Known Implementing Classes:

REDocumentDeclaration

public interface DocumentDeclaration

Represents a kind of "constraint" over XML document. Usually, this is what people call a schema.

Call the createAcceptor() method to start validation.

Author:

Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI

See Also:

Acceptor

Method Summary

Acceptor

createAcceptor() creates a new Acceptor that will validate the document element.

Method Detail

createAcceptor

public Acceptor createAcceptor()

creates a new Acceptor that will validate the document element. In RELAX, this concept is equivalent to <topLevel> In TREX, this concept is equivalent to <start>

Returns:

The implementation cannot return null. Apparently, it is impossible to fail in this early stage.