org.apache.neethi
Interface Assertion

All Superinterfaces:

PolicyComponent

All Known Subinterfaces:

IntersectableAssertion, PolicyContainingAssertion

All Known Implementing Classes:

PolicyContainingPrimitiveAssertion, PrimitiveAssertion, XmlPrimitiveAssertion

public interface Assertion
extends PolicyComponent

This is an interface that any Assertion must implement. Hence any domain specific type can be used with this framework if it implements this interface.

Method Summary

QName	getName() Returns the QName of the Root Element of this Assertion.
boolean	isIgnorable() Returns true if this Assertion is ignorable.
boolean	isOptional() Returns true if this Assertion is optional.
PolicyComponent	normalize() Returns a new PolicyComponent that is the normalized version of this.
void	serialize(javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter writer) Serialize this Assertion into its XML infoset using XMLStreamWriter.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.neethi.PolicyComponent

equal, getType

Method Detail

getName

QName getName()

Returns the QName of the Root Element of this Assertion.

Returns:

QName the QName of the Root Element of this Assertion.

isOptional

boolean isOptional()

Returns true if this Assertion is optional. Returns false otherwise.

Returns:

true if the assertion is optional.

isIgnorable

boolean isIgnorable()

Returns true if this Assertion is ignorable. Returns false otherwise.

Returns:

true if the assertion is ignorable.

serialize

void serialize(javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter writer)
               throws javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException

Serialize this Assertion into its XML infoset using XMLStreamWriter.

Specified by:

serialize in interface PolicyComponent

Parameters:

writer - the writer that the component should write itself

Throws:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException - if an errors in the process of serialization of the PolicyComponent.

normalize

PolicyComponent normalize()

Returns a new PolicyComponent that is the normalized version of this.