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package org.relaxng.datatype;

/**

 * A Datatype library

 *

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

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

 */

public interface DatatypeLibrary {

        /**

         * Creates a new instance of DatatypeBuilder.

         *

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

         *

         * @param baseTypeLocalName

         *              The local name of the base type.

         *

         * @return

         *              A non-null valid datatype object.

         */

        DatatypeBuilder createDatatypeBuilder( String baseTypeLocalName )

                throws DatatypeException;

        /**

         * Gets or creates a pre-defined type.

         *

         * This is just a short-cut of

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

         *

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

         *

         * @return

         *              A non-null valid datatype object.

         */

        Datatype createDatatype( String typeLocalName ) throws DatatypeException;

}