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  34 
  35 package com.sun.xml.internal.org.relaxng.datatype;
  36 
  37 /**
  38  * A Datatype library
  39  *
  40  * @author <a href="mailto:jjc@jclark.com">James Clark</a>
  41  * @author <a href="mailto:kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com">Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI</a>
  42  */
  43 public interface DatatypeLibrary {
  44 
  45         /**
  46          * Creates a new instance of DatatypeBuilder.
  47          *
  48          * The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.
  49          *
  50          * @param baseTypeLocalName
  51          *              The local name of the base type.
  52          *
  53          * @return
  54          *              A non-null valid datatype object.
  55          */
  56         DatatypeBuilder createDatatypeBuilder( String baseTypeLocalName )
  57                 throws DatatypeException;
  58 
  59         /**
  60          * Gets or creates a pre-defined type.
  61          *
  62          * This is just a short-cut of
  63          * <code>createDatatypeBuilder(typeLocalName).createDatatype();</code>
  64          *
  65          * The callee should throw a DatatypeException in case of an error.
  66          *
  67          * @return
  68          *              A non-null valid datatype object.
  69          */
  70         Datatype createDatatype( String typeLocalName ) throws DatatypeException;
  71 }