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package org.apache.xerces.xs;

/**
 * The interface represents the Element Declaration schema component. 
 */
public interface XSElementDeclaration extends XSTerm {
    /**
     * [type definition]: either a simple type definition or a complex type 
     * definition. 
     */
    public XSTypeDefinition getTypeDefinition();

    /**
     * [scope]. One of SCOPE_GLOBAL, SCOPE_LOCAL, or 
     * SCOPE_ABSENT. If the scope is local, then the 
     * enclosingCTDefinition is present. 
     */
    public short getScope();

    /**
     * The complex type definition for locally scoped declarations (see 
     * scope), otherwise null if no such 
     * definition exists. 
     */
    public XSComplexTypeDefinition getEnclosingCTDefinition();

    /**
     * [Value constraint]: one of VC_NONE, VC_DEFAULT, VC_FIXED. 
     */
    public short getConstraintType();

    /**
     * [Value constraint]: the constraint value with respect to the [type 
     * definition], otherwise null. 
     * 
     * @deprecated Use getValueConstraintValue().getNormalizedValue() instead
     */
    public String getConstraintValue();

    /**
     * Value Constraint: Binding specific actual constraint value or 
     * null if the value is in error or there is no value 
     * constraint. 
     * @exception XSException
     *   NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if the implementation does not support this 
     *   method.
     * 
     * @deprecated Use getValueConstraintValue().getActualValue() instead
     */
    public Object getActualVC()
                                            throws XSException;

    /**
     * The actual constraint value built-in datatype, e.g. 
     * STRING_DT, SHORT_DT. If the type definition of this 
     * value is a list type definition, this method returns 
     * LIST_DT. If the type definition of this value is a list 
     * type definition whose item type is a union type definition, this 
     * method returns LISTOFUNION_DT. To query the actual 
     * constraint value of the list or list of union type definitions use 
     * itemValueTypes. If the actualNormalizedValue
     *  is null, this method returns UNAVAILABLE_DT.
     * @exception XSException
     *   NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if the implementation does not support this 
     *   method.
     * 
     * @deprecated Use getValueConstraintValue().getActualValueType() instead
     */
    public short getActualVCType()
                                            throws XSException;

    /**
     * In the case the actual constraint value represents a list, i.e. the 
     * actualValueType is LIST_DT, the returned 
     * array consists of one type kind which represents the itemType. If the 
     * actual constraint value represents a list type definition whose item 
     * type is a union type definition, i.e. LISTOFUNION_DT, 
     * for each actual constraint value in the list the array contains the 
     * corresponding memberType kind. For examples, see 
     * ItemPSVI.itemValueTypes. 
     * @exception XSException
     *   NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if the implementation does not support this 
     *   method.
     * 
     * @deprecated Use getValueConstraintValue().getListValueTypes() instead
     */
    public ShortList getItemValueTypes()
                                            throws XSException;

    /**
     * The actual value of the default or fixed value constraint.
     */
    public XSValue getValueConstraintValue();

    /**
     *  If nillable is true, then an element may also be valid if it carries 
     * the namespace qualified attribute with local name nil 
     * from namespace http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance 
     * and value true (xsi:nil) even if it has no text or 
     * element content despite a content type which would 
     * otherwise require content. 
     */
    public boolean getNillable();

    /**
     * identity-constraint definitions: a set of constraint definitions if it 
     * exists, otherwise an empty XSNamedMap. 
     */
    public XSNamedMap getIdentityConstraints();

    /**
     * [substitution group affiliation]: a top-level element definition if it 
     * exists, otherwise null. 
     */
    public XSElementDeclaration getSubstitutionGroupAffiliation();

    /**
     * Convenience method that checks if exclusion is a 
     * substitution group exclusion for this element declaration. 
     * @param exclusion  
     *   DERIVATION_EXTENSION, DERIVATION_RESTRICTION or 
     *   DERIVATION_NONE. Represents final set for the element.
     * @return True if exclusion is a part of the substitution 
     *   group exclusion subset. 
     */
    public boolean isSubstitutionGroupExclusion(short exclusion);

    /**
     *  [substitution group exclusions]: the returned value is a bit 
     * combination of the subset of {
     * DERIVATION_EXTENSION, DERIVATION_RESTRICTION} or 
     * DERIVATION_NONE. 
     */
    public short getSubstitutionGroupExclusions();

    /**
     * Convenience method that checks if disallowed is a 
     * disallowed substitution for this element declaration. 
     * @param disallowed {
     *   DERIVATION_SUBSTITUTION, DERIVATION_EXTENSION, DERIVATION_RESTRICTION
     *   } or DERIVATION_NONE. Represents a block set for the 
     *   element.
     * @return True if disallowed is a part of the substitution 
     *   group exclusion subset. 
     */
    public boolean isDisallowedSubstitution(short disallowed);

    /**
     *  [disallowed substitutions]: the returned value is a bit combination of 
     * the subset of {
     * DERIVATION_SUBSTITUTION, DERIVATION_EXTENSION, DERIVATION_RESTRICTION
     * } corresponding to substitutions disallowed by this 
     * XSElementDeclaration or DERIVATION_NONE. 
     */
    public short getDisallowedSubstitutions();

    /**
     * {abstract} A boolean. 
     */
    public boolean getAbstract();

    /**
     * An annotation if it exists, otherwise null. If not null
     * then the first [annotation] from the sequence of annotations.
     */
    public XSAnnotation getAnnotation();

    /**
     * A sequence of [annotations] or an empty XSObjectList.
     */
    public XSObjectList getAnnotations();    
}




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