org.apache.xerces.impl.dv.dtd

Class IDDatatypeValidator

public class IDDatatypeValidator extends Object implements DatatypeValidator

IDDatatypeValidator - ID represents the ID attribute type from XML 1.0 Recommendation. The value space od ID is the set of all strings that match the NCName production and have been used in an XML document. The lexical space of ID is the set of all strings that match the NCName production.

The value space of ID is scoped to a specific instance document.

The following constraint applies: An ID must not appear more than once in an XML document as a value of this type; i.e., ID values must uniquely identify the elements which bear them.

Version: $Id: IDDatatypeValidator.java,v 1.9 2004/10/06 14:56:51 mrglavas Exp $

Author: Jeffrey Rodriguez, IBM Sandy Gao, IBM

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Constructor Summary
IDDatatypeValidator()
Method Summary
voidvalidate(String content, ValidationContext context)
Checks that "content" string is valid ID value.

Constructor Detail

IDDatatypeValidator

public IDDatatypeValidator()

Method Detail

validate

public void validate(String content, ValidationContext context)
Checks that "content" string is valid ID value. If invalid a Datatype validation exception is thrown.

Parameters: content the string value that needs to be validated context the validation context

Throws: InvalidDatatypeException if the content is invalid according to the rules for the validators

See Also: InvalidDatatypeValueException

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