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package org.apache.axis2.databinding.types;

import org.apache.axis2.util.XMLChar;


/**
 * Custom class for supporting XSD data type NMToken
 *
 * NMTOKEN represents the NMTOKEN attribute type from
 * [XML 1.0(Second Edition)]. The value space of NMTOKEN
 * is the set of tokens that match the Nmtoken production
 * in [XML 1.0 (Second Edition)].
 * The base type of NMTOKEN is token.
 *
 * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#nmtoken">XML Schema 3.3.4</a>
 */
public class NMToken extends Token {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -1319741002733174329L;

	public NMToken() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * ctor for NMToken
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException will be thrown if validation fails
     */
    public NMToken(String stValue) throws IllegalArgumentException {
        try {
            setValue(stValue);
        }
        catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            // recast normalizedString exception as token exception
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    //  Messages.getMessage("badNmtoken00") + "data=[" +
                stValue + "]");
        }
    }

    /**
     *
     * validate the value against the xsd definition
     * Nmtoken    ::=    (NameChar)+
     * NameChar    ::=     Letter | Digit | '.' | '-' | '_' | ':' | CombiningChar | Extender
     */
    public static boolean isValid(String stValue) {
        int scan;

        for (scan=0; scan < stValue.length(); scan++) {
          if (!XMLChar.isName(stValue.charAt(scan)))
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }
}