Package com.sun.xml.xsom.util

Class TypeSet

java.lang.Object

com.sun.xml.xsom.util.TypeSet

Direct Known Subclasses:

SimpleTypeSet, TypeClosure

public abstract class TypeSet
extends Object

A simple abstraction for a set of Types that defines containment functions.

Author:

Ryan Shoemaker, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TypeSet()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract boolean	contains(XSType type)	Return true if this TypeSet contains the specified type.
static TypeSet	intersection(TypeSet a, TypeSet b)	Calculate the TypeSet formed by the intersection of two other TypeSet objects.
static TypeSet	union(TypeSet a, TypeSet b)	Calculate the TypeSet formed by the union of two other TypeSet objects.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

TypeSet

public TypeSet()

Method Details

contains

public abstract boolean contains(XSType type)

Return true if this TypeSet contains the specified type. Concrete implementations of this method determine what it means for the TypeSet to "contain" a type.

Parameters:

type - the type

Returns:

true iff this TypeSet contains the specified type

intersection

public static TypeSet intersection(TypeSet a,
 TypeSet b)

Calculate the TypeSet formed by the intersection of two other TypeSet objects.

Parameters:

a - a TypeSet

b - another TypeSet

Returns:

the intersection of a and b

union

public static TypeSet union(TypeSet a,
 TypeSet b)

Calculate the TypeSet formed by the union of two other TypeSet objects.

Parameters:

a - a TypeSet

b - another TypeSet

Returns:

the union of a and b