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package org.apache.xerces.xs;
/**
* This interface represents the Attribute Use schema component.
*/
public interface XSAttributeUse extends XSObject {
/**
* [required]: determines whether this use of an attribute declaration
* requires an appropriate attribute information item to be present, or
* merely allows it.
*/
public boolean getRequired();
/**
* [attribute declaration]: provides the attribute declaration itself,
* which will in turn determine the simple type definition used.
*/
public XSAttributeDeclaration getAttrDeclaration();
/**
* Value Constraint: one of default, fixed, or none.
*/
public short getConstraintType();
/**
* Value Constraint: The constraint value, 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();
/**
* A sequence of [annotations] or an empty XSObjectList.
*/
public XSObjectList getAnnotations();
}