org.enhydra.zeus
Interface Binder

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseBinder

public interface Binder

Binder provides an interface for all constraint representations to use. It defines the contract for conversion between an arbitrary constraint representation (XML Schema, DTD, Relax schema, etc) to a set of Zeus Bindings.

This interface also provides uniformity in the overall handling of constraints; in other words, dealing with an XML Schema is generally fundamentally different than dealing with a DTD. However, working with a DTDBinder is identical, from an external perspective, to working with a SchemaBinder.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Brett McLaughlin

Method Summary

java.util.List

getBindings() This is integral portion of the Binder.

Method Detail

getBindings

public java.util.List getBindings()
                           throws java.io.IOException

This is integral portion of the Binder. It is responsible for returning a Zeus representation of the set of constraints that this binding represents, resulting from the input representation (which could be an XML Schema, DTD, Relax schema, etc.).

Returns:

List - the resultant Bindings from conversion of constraints.

Throws:

IOException - when errors in reading input occur.