Schema.java

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 *
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 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Bogdan Stefanescu
 *     Florent Guillaume
 */
package org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types;

/**
 * A marker interface for schemas.
 * <p>
 * A schema is a complex type that can be used used to create composite types -
 * such as document types.
 * <p>
 * Schemas have no super types and must not be used as field types.
 */
public interface Schema extends ComplexType {

    /**
     * Gets the types declared by this schema.
     */
    Type[] getTypes();

    /**
     * Gets a schema local type given its name.
     *
     * @param typeName
     * @return the type or null if no such type
     */
    Type getType(String typeName);

    /**
     * Registers a new type in that schema context.
     *
     * @param type
     */
    void registerType(Type type);

}