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| Provides classes for XML Beans schema, infoset, xpath, and xquery handling. |
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| The XML Beans API is designed to work with the XML Beans <em>schema compiler</em>. |
| The schema compiler produces XML Bean classes that extend and interact |
| with the basic XML Bean classes and interfaces in this package. It is |
| also possible to use XML Beans without the schema compiler to manipulate |
| and validate XML in a late-bound way (with no types, or with |
| runtime-loaded types only). |
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| This package contains: |
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| <li>All the built-in XML Bean classes |
| such as {@link org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlObject}, {@link org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlAnySimpleType}, and |
| {@link org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlInt} |
| (one for each of the |
| <a target="_blank" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#built-in-datatypes">46 built-in XML Schema types</a>). |
| <li>Support for full XML infoset, XPath, and XQuery |
| (via {@link org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlCursor}, {@link org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlObject#selectPath} and related methods). |
| <li>Support for computation using XML Schema data types (via datatype |
| classes such as {@link org.apache.xmlbeans.GDuration}). |
| <li>Support for working with XML Schema type metadata itself |
| (via {@link org.apache.xmlbeans.SchemaType}, {@link org.apache.xmlbeans.SchemaTypeSystem}, and related classes). |
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| The place to begin when working with the XML Beans API is the following |
| fundamental classes: |
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| <li>{@link org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlObject} is the base class for all XML Beans. |
| <li>{@link org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlObject.Factory} is used to load and create XML Bean instances. |
| Each XML Bean class has its own nested factory class. |
| <li>{@link org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlCursor} is an efficient treewalking API for the full XML infoset. |
| <li>{@link org.apache.xmlbeans.SchemaType} is the type metadata interface for XML Schema types |
| <li>{@link org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlBeans} provides a collection of utility functions. |
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