001/* 002 * (C) Copyright 2006-2012 Nuxeo SA (http://nuxeo.com/) and others. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 * 016 * Contributors: 017 * Bogdan Stefanescu 018 * Florent Guillaume 019 */ 020package org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types; 021 022import java.util.Collection; 023 024/** 025 * A composite type is an aggregation of several schemas. 026 * <p> 027 * Each schema defines its own namespace to avoid field name collisions. 028 */ 029public interface CompositeType extends ComplexType { 030 031 /** 032 * Gets the composite type schema given its name. 033 * 034 * @param name the schema name 035 * @return the schema if any or null if none was found 036 */ 037 Schema getSchema(String name); 038 039 /** 040 * Checks if this composite type has any schema defined. 041 * 042 * @return true if this composite type has some schemas defined, false otherwise 043 */ 044 boolean hasSchemas(); 045 046 /** 047 * Checks if this composite type has the given schema. 048 * 049 * @param name the schema name 050 * @return true if the composite type has this schema, false otherwise 051 */ 052 boolean hasSchema(String name); 053 054 /** 055 * Gets the schema names of this type. 056 * 057 * @return the schema names 058 */ 059 String[] getSchemaNames(); 060 061 /** 062 * Gets all the schemas (including inherited schemas) of this composite type. 063 * 064 * @return the composite type schemas 065 */ 066 Collection<Schema> getSchemas(); 067 068}