net.sf.saxon.type

Interface AtomicType

public interface AtomicType extends SimpleType, ItemType

Marker interface for atomic types (these are either built-in atomic types or user-defined atomic types). An AtomicType is both an ItemType (a possible type for items in a sequence) and a SchemaType (a possible type for validating and annotating nodes).
Method Summary
AtomicValuemakeDerivedValue(AtomicValue primValue, CharSequence lexicalValue, boolean validate)
Factory method to create values of a derived atomic type.

Method Detail

makeDerivedValue

public AtomicValue makeDerivedValue(AtomicValue primValue, CharSequence lexicalValue, boolean validate)
Factory method to create values of a derived atomic type. This method is not used to create values of a built-in type, even one that is not primitive.

Parameters: primValue the value in the value space of the primitive type lexicalValue the value in the lexical space. If null, the string value of primValue is used. This value is checked against the pattern facet (if any) validate true if the value is to be validated against the facets of the derived type; false if the caller knows that the value is already valid.

Returns: the derived atomic value if validation succeeds, or an ErrorValue otherwise. The ErrorValue encapsulates the exception that occurred; it is the caller's responsibility to check for this.