org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.util

Class XMLInstance2Schema

java.lang.Object

org.exolab.castor.xml.schema.util.XMLInstance2Schema

public class XMLInstance2Schema
extends Object

A class for reading XML Schemas. To generate an XML schema from a given XML document instance and write it to a file, please use code similar to the following: InputSource inputSource = ...; XMLInstance2Schema xi2s = new XMLInstance2Schema(); Schema schema = xi2s.createSchema(inputSource); Writer dstWriter = new FileWriter(...); xi2s.serializeSchema(dstWriter, schema); dstWriter.close();

Version:

$Revision: 7996 $ $Date: 2006-01-16 13:22:58 -0700 (Mon, 16 Jan 2006) $

Author:

Keith Visco

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XMLInstance2Schema() Creates a new XMLInstance2Schema

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Schema	createSchema(InputSource source) Creates an XML Schema using the given InputSource.
Schema	createSchema(Reader reader) Creates an XML Schema using the given Reader.
Schema	createSchema(String filename) Creates an XML Schema using the given XML instance filename.
static void	main(String[] args) For testing purposes only.
void	serializeSchema(Writer dstWriter, Schema schema) Serializes a Schema instance to the given Writer instance.
void	setDefaultGroupingAsAll() Sets the default grouping as "all".

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

XMLInstance2Schema

public XMLInstance2Schema()

Creates a new XMLInstance2Schema

Method Detail

createSchema

public Schema createSchema(String filename)
                    throws IOException

Creates an XML Schema using the given XML instance filename. The XML Schema created will be based on the specific XML instance document.

Parameters:

filename - the filename for the XML document

Throws:

IOException

createSchema

public Schema createSchema(Reader reader)
                    throws IOException

Creates an XML Schema using the given Reader. The reader must be for an XML instance document. The XML Schema created will be based on the specific XML instance document.

Parameters:

reader - the Reader for the XML document

Throws:

IOException

createSchema

public Schema createSchema(InputSource source)
                    throws IOException

Creates an XML Schema using the given InputSource. The InputSource must be for an XML instance document. The XML Schema created will be based on the specific XML instance document.

Parameters:

source - the InputSource for the XML document

Throws:

IOException

setDefaultGroupingAsAll

public void setDefaultGroupingAsAll()

Sets the default grouping as "all". By default groups will be treated as "sequence".

serializeSchema

public void serializeSchema(Writer dstWriter,
                            Schema schema)
                     throws IOException,
                            SAXException

Serializes a Schema instance to the given Writer instance.

Parameters:

dstWriter - The Writer instance to output the XML schema to.

schema - The XML Schema instance to be output.

Throws:

IOException - If there's a problem related to writing to the given Writer instance.

SAXException - If there's a problem related to SAX streaming.

main

public static void main(String[] args)

For testing purposes only.