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package org.apache.xmlbeans;

import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;


/**
 * Corresponds to the XML Schema
 * <a target="_blank" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#string">xs:string</a> type.
 * <p>
 * A basic string in XML schema is not whitespace normalized.  If you
 * want your string type to be insensitive to variations in runs of
 * whitespace, consider using 
 * <a target="_blank" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#token">xs:token</a>
 * (aka {@link XmlToken}) instead.
 * To forbid whitespace and permit just alphanumeric and other
 * common identifier characters consider
 * <a target="_blank" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#NMTOKEN">xs:NMTOKEN</a>
 * (aka {@link XmlNMTOKEN}) instead.
 * <p>
 * Convertible to {@link String}.
 */ 
public interface XmlString extends XmlAnySimpleType
{
    /** The constant {@link SchemaType} object representing this schema type. */
    public static final SchemaType type = XmlBeans.getBuiltinTypeSystem().typeForHandle("_BI_string");
    
    /**
     * A class with methods for creating instances
     * of {@link XmlString}.
     */
    public static final class Factory
    {
        /** Creates an empty instance of {@link XmlString} */
        public static XmlString newInstance() {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().newInstance( type, null ); }
        
        /** Creates an empty instance of {@link XmlString} */
        public static XmlString newInstance(org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlOptions options) {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().newInstance( type, options ); }
        
        /** Creates an immutable {@link XmlString} value */
        public static XmlString newValue(Object obj) {
          return (XmlString) type.newValue( obj ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from a String. For example: "<code>&lt;xml-fragment&gt; arbitrary string &lt;/xml-fragment&gt;</code>". */
        public static XmlString parse(java.lang.String s) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( s, type, null ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from a String. For example: "<code>&lt;xml-fragment&gt; arbitrary string &lt;/xml-fragment&gt;</code>". */
        public static XmlString parse(java.lang.String s, org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlOptions options) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( s, type, options ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from a File. */
        public static XmlString parse(java.io.File f) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException, java.io.IOException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( f, type, null ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from a File. */
        public static XmlString parse(java.io.File f, org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlOptions options) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException, java.io.IOException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( f, type, options ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from a URL. */
        public static XmlString parse(java.net.URL u) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException, java.io.IOException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( u, type, null ); }

        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from a URL. */
        public static XmlString parse(java.net.URL u, org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlOptions options) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException, java.io.IOException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( u, type, options ); }

        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from an InputStream. */
        public static XmlString parse(java.io.InputStream is) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException, java.io.IOException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( is, type, null ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from an InputStream. */
        public static XmlString parse(java.io.InputStream is, org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlOptions options) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException, java.io.IOException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( is, type, options ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from a Reader. */
        public static XmlString parse(java.io.Reader r) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException, java.io.IOException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( r, type, null ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from a Reader. */
        public static XmlString parse(java.io.Reader r, org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlOptions options) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException, java.io.IOException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( r, type, options ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from a DOM Node. */
        public static XmlString parse(org.w3c.dom.Node node) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( node, type, null ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from a DOM Node. */
        public static XmlString parse(org.w3c.dom.Node node, org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlOptions options) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( node, type, options ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from an XMLInputStream. */
        public static XmlString parse(weblogic.xml.stream.XMLInputStream xis) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException, weblogic.xml.stream.XMLStreamException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( xis, type, null ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from an XMLInputStream. */
        public static XmlString parse(weblogic.xml.stream.XMLInputStream xis, org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlOptions options) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException, weblogic.xml.stream.XMLStreamException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( xis, type, options ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from an XMLStreamReader. */
        public static XmlString parse(javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader xsr) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException {
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( xsr, type, null ); }
        
        /** Parses a {@link XmlString} fragment from an XMLStreamReader. */
        public static XmlString parse(javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader xsr, org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlOptions options) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException{
          return (XmlString) XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().parse( xsr, type, options ); }
        
        /** Returns a validating XMLInputStream. */
        public static weblogic.xml.stream.XMLInputStream newValidatingXMLInputStream(weblogic.xml.stream.XMLInputStream xis) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException, weblogic.xml.stream.XMLStreamException {
          return XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().newValidatingXMLInputStream( xis, type, null ); }
        
        /** Returns a validating XMLInputStream. */
        public static weblogic.xml.stream.XMLInputStream newValidatingXMLInputStream(weblogic.xml.stream.XMLInputStream xis, org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlOptions options) throws org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException, weblogic.xml.stream.XMLStreamException {
          return XmlBeans.getContextTypeLoader().newValidatingXMLInputStream( xis, type, options ); }
        
        private Factory() { } // No instance of this class allowed
    }
}