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package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dv.xs;

import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dv.InvalidDatatypeValueException;
import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dv.ValidationContext;

/**
 * All primitive types plus ID/IDREF/ENTITY/INTEGER are derived from this abstract
 * class. It provides extra information XSSimpleTypeDecl requires from each
 * type: allowed facets, converting String to actual value, check equality,
 * comparison, etc.
 * 
 * @xerces.internal 
 *
 * @author Neeraj Bajaj, Sun Microsystems, inc.
 * @author Sandy Gao, IBM
 *
 * @version $Id: TypeValidator.java,v 1.2.6.1 2005/09/06 11:43:09 neerajbj Exp $
 */
public abstract class TypeValidator {

    // which facets are allowed for this type
    public abstract short getAllowedFacets();

    // convert a string to an actual value. for example,
    // for number types (decimal, double, float, and types derived from them),
    // get the BigDecimal, Double, Flout object.
    // for some types (string and derived), they just return the string itself
    public abstract Object getActualValue(String content, ValidationContext context)
        throws InvalidDatatypeValueException;

    // for ID/IDREF/ENTITY types, do some extra checking after the value is
    // checked to be valid with respect to both lexical representation and
    // facets
    public void checkExtraRules(Object value, ValidationContext context) throws InvalidDatatypeValueException {
    }

    // the following methods might not be supported by every DV.
    // but XSSimpleTypeDecl should know which type supports which methods,
    // and it's an *internal* error if a method is called on a DV that
    // doesn't support it.

    //order constants
    public static final short LESS_THAN     = -1;
    public static final short EQUAL         = 0;
    public static final short GREATER_THAN  = 1;
    public static final short INDETERMINATE = 2;
    
    // where there is distinction between identity and equality, this method
    // will be overwritten
    // checks whether the two values are identical; for ex, this distinguishes 
    // -0.0 from 0.0 
    public boolean isIdentical (Object value1, Object value2) {
        return value1.equals(value2);
    }

    // check the order relation between the two values
    // the parameters are in compiled form (from getActualValue)
    public int compare(Object value1, Object value2) {
        return -1;
    }

    // get the length of the value
    // the parameters are in compiled form (from getActualValue)
    public int getDataLength(Object value) {
        return (value instanceof String) ? ((String)value).length() : -1;
    }

    // get the number of digits of the value
    // the parameters are in compiled form (from getActualValue)
    public int getTotalDigits(Object value) {
        return -1;
    }

    // get the number of fraction digits of the value
    // the parameters are in compiled form (from getActualValue)
    public int getFractionDigits(Object value) {
        return -1;
    }

    // check whether the character is in the range 0x30 ~ 0x39
    public static final boolean isDigit(char ch) {
        return ch >= '0' && ch <= '9';
    }
    
    // if the character is in the range 0x30 ~ 0x39, return its int value (0~9),
    // otherwise, return -1
    public static final int getDigit(char ch) {
        return isDigit(ch) ? ch - '0' : -1;
    }
    
} // interface TypeValidator