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* $Id: ElementType.java 105079 2012-02-24 23:08:11Z ottenhoff@longsight.com $
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package org.sakaiproject.metaobj.utils.xml;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
/**
* Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
* User: John Ellis
* Date: Jul 25, 2004
* Time: 3:26:24 PM
* To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates.
*/
public interface ElementType {
public Class getObjectType();
public int getLength();
public int getMaxLength();
public int getMinLength();
public String getDefaultValue();
public String getFixedValue();
public List getEnumeration();
/**
* @return A regular expression that expresses a constraint on legal value(s) for the element.
*/
public Pattern getPattern();
/**
* @return ValueRange object describing the type's range.
* Objects within this range will be of the class
* getObjectType(). This is null if there is no restriction
* on the value's range
*/
public ValueRange getRange();
/**
* @return the base xml type of the associated node
*/
public String getBaseType();
}