ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/ischema/ISchemaType.java

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package org.eclipse.pde.internal.core.ischema;

/**
 * A base type interface. Schema type is associated
 * with schema elements and attributes to define
 * their grammar and/or valid value space.
 * For simple types, 'getName()' method
 * returns name of the type that defines
 * initial value space (for example, "string", "boolean" etc.).
 */
public interface ISchemaType {
	/**
	 * Returns the logical name of this type.
	 * @return name of the type
	 */
	public String getName();

	/**
	 * Returns the schema object in which this type is defined.
	 * @return the top-level schema object
	 */
	public ISchema getSchema();

	public void setSchema(ISchema schema);
}