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This program and the accompanying materials - * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 - * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at - * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html - * - * Contributors: - * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation - *******************************************************************************/ --> -<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../org.eclipse.wst.doc.user/common.css" /> -<title>Adding a complex type</title> -</head> -<body id="taddcmxt"><a name="taddcmxt"><!-- --></a> - -<h1 class="topictitle1">Adding complex types</h1> -<div><p>A complex type allows elements in its content and can carry attributes. -Complex types can be used to help determine the appropriate content for any -instance documents generated from or associated with your XML schema.</p> -<div class="section"><p>You can add as many complex types as you want to an XML schema.</p> -<p>The following instructions were written for the Resource perspective, but -they will also work in many other perspectives.</p> -<p>To -add a complex type to an XML schema, follow these steps:</p> -</div> -<ol><li class="skipspace"><span>Open your XML schema in the XML schema editor.</span></li> -<li class="skipspace"><span>In the Outline view, select your schema.</span></li> -<li class="skipspace"><span>In the Graph view, right click in the <b>Types</b> section and -click <b> <span class="uicontrol">Add Complex Type</span></b>.</span></li> -<li class="skipspace"><span>In the Properties view, type a new name for the complex type in -the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Name</span></b> field.</span></li> -<li class="skipspace"><span>Click the <b> <span class="uicontrol">More</span></b> button -<img border="0" src="../images/More.gif" width="22" height="18"> to select a base type -for your complex type.</span> You can either set a base type for your -complex type, or you add a content model to it (which represents any data -that may be contained inside an element), but you cannot do both. For more -information about content models, refer to the related tasks.</li> -<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select <span class="uicontrol">restriction</span> or <span class="uicontrol">extension</span> from -the <span class="uicontrol">Derived by</span> list.</span> This specifies whether -your type is derived from its base type by restriction or extension.</li> -<li class="skipspace"><span>Click the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Other</span></b> tab.</span> The following -optional values can be specified in this page:<ol type="a"><li class="skipspace"><span>Select the appropriate value in the - <b> <span class="uicontrol">abstract</span></b> list.</span> When a complex type is declared abstract, it cannot be used in an instance -document. Click <b>true</b> if you want the complex type to be abstract; otherwise, -click <b>false</b>.</li> -<li class="skipspace"><span>Select the appropriate value in the <b> <span class="uicontrol">block</span></b> list.</span> If you select <b>#all</b>, the complex type may not be replaced by any -derivations. If you select <b>extension</b>, the complex type may not be replaced -by any type derived from it by extending it. If you select <b>restriction</b>, -the complex type may not be replaced by any type derived from it by restricting -it.</li> -<li class="skipspace"><span> Select the appropriate value in the <b> <span class="uicontrol">final</span></b> list.</span> If you select <b>#all</b>, the complex type may not be derived from -at all. If you select <b>extension</b>, the complex type may not be derived -from by extension. If you select <b>restriction</b>, the complex type may -not be derived from by restriction.</li> -<li class="skipspace"><span>Select the appropriate value in the <b> <span class="uicontrol">mixed</span></b> list.</span> If you click <b>true</b>, the complex type can contain mixed content -(both character data and other elements). If you click <b>false</b>, the complex -type can only contain other elements.</li> -</ol> -</li> -<li class="skipspace"><span>Click the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Attributes</span></b> tab.</span> You -can use this page to add attributes, attribute references, attributes group -references, and <samp class="codeph">any</samp> attributes to your complex type.</li> -<li class="skipspace"><span>An attribute associates an attribute name with a specific type -and value. To add an attribute, right-click in the Attributes page, and click <b> <span class="uicontrol">Add -Attribute</span></b>.</span> You can specify the following values for -an attribute<ul><li><b><span class="uicontrol">fixed/default</span></b>. Click the - <b> <span class="uicontrol">More</span></b> button <span> - <img border="0" src="../images/More.gif" width="22" height="18"></span> -and select the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Fixed</span></b> or <b> <span class="uicontrol">Default</span></b> radio -button and specify an appropriate value. If you select <b>Fixed</b>, the attribute -has a fixed value, which cannot be changed. If you select <b>Default</b>, -the attribute has a default value. When an attribute has a default value, -the value of the attribute is whatever value appears as the attribute's value -in an instance document.</li> -<li><b><span class="uicontrol">form</span></b>. Use this field to indicate if the appearance -of this attribute in an instance of the XML schema must be qualified by a -namespace.</li> -<li><span class="uicontrol"><b>name</b>. </span>Enter the name of the attribute.</li> -<li><span class="uicontrol"><b>type</b>. </span>Click the <b> <span class="uicontrol">More</span></b> button <span> -<img border="0" src="../images/More.gif" width="22" height="18"></span> -and select the type of the attribute. </li> -<li><span class="uicontrol"><b>use</b>. </span>This field indicates how an attribute may -be used in an instance document. If you select <b>optional</b>, the attribute -may appear once, but it does not have to. If you select <b>required</b>, the -attribute must appear once. If you select <b>prohibited</b>, the attribute -must not appear. <b>Note</b>: If you selected the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Default</span></b> radio -button, you must select <b>optional</b> in this field, otherwise the default -value will not be valid.</li> -</ul> -</li> -<li class="skipspace"><span>An attribute reference provides a reference to a global attribute. -To add an attribute reference, right-click in the Attributes page, and click <b> <span class="uicontrol">Add -Attribute Ref</span>.</b> </span>A declaration that references a global -attribute enables the referenced attribute to appear in the instance document -in the context of the referencing declaration. The menu option to add -an attribute reference only appears if there are global attributes defined -elsewhere in the document.<ol type="a"><li><span>Select the reference, then select the global attribute you want -it to reference from the <b> <span class="uicontrol">ref</span></b> drop down list.</span></li> -</ol> -</li> -<li class="skipspace"><span>An attribute group reference provides a reference to an attribute -group. To add an attribute group reference, right-click in the Attributes -page, and click <b> <span class="uicontrol">Add Attribute Group Ref. </span></b></span> A -declaration that references an attribute group enables the referenced attribute -group to appear in the instance document in the context of the referencing -declaration. The menu option to add an attribute group reference only appears -if there are attribute groups defined elsewhere in the document.<ol type="a"><li><span>Select the reference, then select the attribute group you want -it to reference from the<span class="uicontrol"> <b>ref</b></span> drop down list.</span></li> -</ol> -</li> -<li class="skipspace"><span>An <samp class="codeph">any</samp> element enables element content according -to namespaces, and the corresponding <samp class="codeph">any</samp> attribute -element enables attributes to appear in elements. To add an <samp class="codeph">any</samp> attribute, -right-click in the Attributes page, and click <b> <span class="uicontrol">Add Any Attribute</span></b>.</span> You can specify the following values for an <samp class="codeph">any</samp> attribute:<ul><li>For a <b>namespace</b> value, you can select <b>##any</b> (this allows -any well-formed XML from any namespace), <b>##local </b> (this allows any -well-formed XML that is not declared to be in a namespace, <b>##other </b> (this -allows any well-formed XML that is not from the target namespace of the type -being defined) or <b>##targetNamespace </b> (which is shorthand for the target -namespace of the type being defined). </li> -<li>For a <b> <span class="uicontrol">processContents</span></b> value, you can select <b>skip</b> (the -XML processor will not validate the attribute content at all), <b>lax </b>(the -XML processor will validate the attribute content as much as it can), or <b>strict </b> (the -XML processor will validate all the attribute content).</li> -</ul> - </li> -<li class="skipspace"><span>Click the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Documentation</span></b> tab if you want -to provide any information about this complex type.</span> The <span class="uicontrol">Documentation</span> page -is used for human readable material, such as a description, and the <span class="uicontrol">App -Info</span> page can be used to provide information for applications.</li> -</ol> -</div> - -<div><p><b class="reltaskshd">Related tasks</b><br /> -<a href="../topics/taddcmod.html" title="You can add a content model to an element, global element, a complex type, or a group. A content model is the representation of any data that may be contained inside the element, global element, complex type, or group.">Adding a content model</a><br /> -</p> -</div> -</body> -</html>
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