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    34 package org.relaxng.datatype;

    35 

    36 /**

    37  * A Datatype library

    38  *

    39  * @author <a href="mailto:jjc@jclark.com">James Clark</a>

    40  * @author <a href="mailto:kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com">Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI</a>

    41  */

    42 public interface DatatypeLibrary {

    43 

    44         /**

    45          * Creates a new instance of DatatypeBuilder.

    46          *

    47          * The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.

    48          *

    49          * @param baseTypeLocalName

    50          *              The local name of the base type.

    51          *

    52          * @return

    53          *              A non-null valid datatype object.

    54          */

    55         DatatypeBuilder createDatatypeBuilder( String baseTypeLocalName )

    56                 throws DatatypeException;

    57 

    58         /**

    59          * Gets or creates a pre-defined type.

    60          *

    61          * This is just a short-cut of

    62          * <code>createDatatypeBuilder(typeLocalName).createDatatype();</code>

    63          *

    64          * The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.

    65          *

    66          * @return

    67          *              A non-null valid datatype object.

    68          */

    69         Datatype createDatatype( String typeLocalName ) throws DatatypeException;

    70 }