javax.xml.bind
Interface Element

All Known Subinterfaces:

IdentifiableElement, RootElement

public interface Element

Interface implemented by all element classes, that is, classes derived directly from element-type declarations.

For convenience, this interface redeclares the validateThis() method defined in the ValidatableObject class. The full specification of this method may be found in that class.

Version:

1.9, 01/05/31

See Also:

ValidatableObject

Method Summary

void	validateThis() Ensures that this object does not violate any local structural constraints.

Method Detail

validateThis

public void validateThis()
                  throws LocalValidationException

Ensures that this object does not violate any local structural constraints. This method is exactly the validateThis() method defined in the ValidatableObject class.

Throws:

InvalidContentException - If the children of this object violate the content specification of the schema component from which this object's class was derived

MissingAttributeException - If a property derived from a required attribute has no value

MissingContentException - If a property derived from a required content component has no value