# com.bea.xml Package

Provides classes for XML Beans schema, infoset, xpath, and xquery handling.

The XML Beans API is designed to work with the XML Beans schema compiler. 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).

This package contains:

1. All the built-in XML Bean classes such as `XmlObject```, `XmlAnySimpleType```, and `XmlInt``` (one for each of the 46 built-in XML Schema types).
2. Support for full XML infoset, XPath, and XQuery (via `XmlCursor```, `XmlObject.selectPath(String)``` and related methods).
3. Support for computation using XML Schema data types (via datatype classes such as `GDuration```).
4. Support for working with XML Schema type metadata itself (via `SchemaType```, `SchemaTypeSystem```, and related classes).

The place to begin when working with the XML Beans API is the following fundamental classes:

1. `XmlObject``` is the base class for all XML Beans.
2. `XmlObject.Factory``` is used to load and create XML Bean instances. Each XML Bean class has its own nested factory class.
3. `XmlCursor``` is an efficient treewalking API for the full XML infoset.
4. `SchemaType``` is the type metadata interface for XML Schema types
5. `XmlBeans``` provides a collection of utility functions.

## Interface Summary

GDateSpecification | Represents an XML Schema-compatible Gregorian date.
GDurationSpecification | Represents an XML Schema-compatible duration.
QNameSetSpecification | Represents a lattice of finite and infinite sets of QNames.
SchemaAttributeGroup | Represents an attribute group.
SchemaAttributeModel | Represents the attribute structure allowed on a complex type.
SchemaComponent | Represents a global Schema Component.
SchemaField | Represents an element or an attribute declaration.
SchemaGlobalAttribute | Represents a global attribute definition
SchemaGlobalElement | Represents a global element definition.
SchemaIdentityConstraint | Represents an identity constraint definition.
SchemaLocalAttribute | Represents a local or global attribute definition.
SchemaLocalElement | Represents a local or global element definition.
SchemaModelGroup | Represents a model group.
SchemaParticle | Represents a Schema particle definition.
SchemaProperty | Represents a summary of similar SchemaFields in a complex type.
SchemaStringEnumEntry | Describes a code-generated string enumeration
SchemaType | Represents a schema type.
SchemaTypeElementSequencer | This class is used to programatically validate the contents of an XML element.Call to both `SchemaTypeElementSequencer.next(QName)` and `SchemaTypeElementSequencer.peek(QName)` will return true if the element with the provided name is allowed at the current position in the element content, the difference being that `SchemaTypeElementSequencer.next(QName)` will advance the current position, while `SchemaTypeElementSequencer.peek(QName)` won't.
SchemaTypeLoader | Represents a searchable set of XML Schema component definitions.
SchemaTypeSystem | A finite set of XML Schema component definitions.
SimpleValue | All XmlObject implementations can be coerced to SimpleValue.
XmlAnySimpleType | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:anySimpleType type.
XmlAnyURI | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:anyURI type.
XmlBase64Binary | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:base64Binary type.
XmlBoolean | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:boolean type.
XmlByte | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:byte type.
XmlCursor | Represents a position between two logical tokens in an XML document.
XmlCursor.ChangeStamp | Represents the state of a dcoument at a particular point in time.
XmlCursor.XmlMark | An abstract `XmlCursor` factory.
XmlDate | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:date type.
XmlDateTime | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:dateTime type.
XmlDecimal | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:decimal type.
XmlDouble | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:double type.
XmlDuration | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:duration type.
XmlENTITIES | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:ENTITIES type, a list type.
XmlENTITY | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:ENTITY type.
XmlFactoryHook | A hook for the XML Bean Factory mechanism.
XmlFloat | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:float type.
XmlGDay | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:gDay type.
XmlGMonth | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:gMonth type.
XmlGMonthDay | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:gMonthDay type.
XmlGYear | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:gYear type.
XmlGYearMonth | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:gYearMonth type.
XmlHexBinary | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:hexBinary type.
XmlID | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:ID type.
XmlIDREF | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:IDREF type.
XmlIDREFS | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:IDREFS type, a list type.
XmlInt | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:int type.
XmlInteger | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:integer type.
XmlLanguage | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:language type.
XmlLong | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:long type.
XmlName | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:Name type.
XmlNCName | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:Name type.
XmlNegativeInteger | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:negativeInteger type.
XmlNMTOKEN | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:NMTOKEN type.
XmlNMTOKENS | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:NMTOKENS type, a list type.
XmlNonNegativeInteger | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:nonNegativeInteger type.
XmlNonPositiveInteger | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:nonPositiveInteger type.
XmlNormalizedString | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:normalizedString type.
XmlNOTATION | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:NOTATION type.
XmlObject | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:anyType, the base type for all XML Beans.
XmlPositiveInteger | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:positiveInteger type.
XmlQName | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:QName type.
XmlSaxHandler | A holder for a SAX `ContentHandler` and `LexicalHandler` that are capable of loading an `XmlObject` instance.
XmlShort | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:short type.
XmlString | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:string type.
XmlTime | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:time type.
XmlToken | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:token type.
XmlTokenSource | Represents a holder of XML that can return an `XmlCursor` or copy itself to various media such as `Writer` or `File`.
XmlUnsignedByte | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:unsignedByte type.
XmlUnsignedInt | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:unsignedInt type.
XmlUnsignedLong | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:unsignedLong type.
XmlUnsignedShort | Corresponds to the XML Schema xs:unsignedShort type.

## Class Summary

FilterXmlObject | A FilterXmlObject delegates to some other XmlObject, which it can use as its basic source of data, possibly transforming the data along the way or providing additional functionality.
GDate | Represents an XML Schema-compatible Gregorian date.
GDateBuilder | Used to build `GDate`.
GDuration | Represents an XML Schema-compatible duration.
GDurationBuilder | Used to build `GDuration`.
QNameCache | A cache that can be used to pool QName instances.
QNameSet | This interface represents a lattice of finite and infinite sets of QNames.
QNameSetBuilder | Used to build `QNameSet`.
StringEnumAbstractBase | The base class for code-generated string enumeration value classes.
StringEnumAbstractBase.Table | Used to manage singleton instances of enumerations.
XmlAnySimpleType.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlAnySimpleType`.
XmlAnyURI.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlAnyURI`.
XmlBase64Binary.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlBase64Binary`.
XmlBeans | Provides an assortment of utilities for managing XML Bean types, type systems, QNames, paths, and queries.
XmlBoolean.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlBoolean`.
XmlByte.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlByte`.
XmlCalendar | An XML Schema compatible subclass of `GregorianCalendar`.
XmlCursor.TokenType | An enumeration that identifies the type of an XML token.
XmlCursor.XmlBookmark | Subclasses of XmlBookmark can be used to annotate an XML document.
XmlDate.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlDate`.
XmlDateTime.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlDateTime`.
XmlDecimal.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlDecimal`.
XmlDocumentProperties | This class is used to attach arbitrary information to an XML document.
XmlDouble.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlDouble`.
XmlDuration.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlDuration`.
XmlENTITIES.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlENTITIES`.
XmlENTITY.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlENTITY`.
XmlError | Represents a message at a specific XML location.
XmlFactoryHook.ThreadContext | Used to manage the XmlFactoryHook for the current thread.
XmlFloat.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlFloat`.
XmlGDay.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlGDay`.
XmlGMonth.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlGMonth`.
XmlGMonthDay.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlGMonthDay`.
XmlGYear.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlGYear`.
XmlGYearMonth.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlGYearMonth`.
XmlHexBinary.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlHexBinary`.
XmlID.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlID`.
XmlIDREF.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlIDREF`.
XmlIDREFS.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlIDREFS`.
XmlInt.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlInt`.
XmlInteger.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlInteger`.
XmlLanguage.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlLanguage`.
XmlLineNumber | A subclass of XmlBookmark that holds line number information.
XmlLong.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlLong`.
XmlName.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlName`.
XmlNCName.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlNCName`.
XmlNegativeInteger.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlNegativeInteger`.
XmlNMTOKEN.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlNMTOKEN`.
XmlNMTOKENS.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlNMTOKENS`.
XmlNonNegativeInteger.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlNonNegativeInteger`.
XmlNonPositiveInteger.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlNonPositiveInteger`.
XmlNormalizedString.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlNormalizedString`.
XmlNOTATION.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlNOTATION`.
XmlObject.Factory | Static factory class for creating new instances.
XmlOptions | Used to supply options for loading, saving, and compiling, and validating.
XmlPositiveInteger.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlPositiveInteger`.
XmlQName.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlQName`.
XmlShort.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlShort`.
XmlSimpleList | The immutable `List` returned for XML simple list values.
XmlString.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlString`.
XmlTime.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlTime`.
XmlToken.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlToken`.
XmlUnsignedByte.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlUnsignedByte`.
XmlUnsignedInt.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlUnsignedInt`.
XmlUnsignedLong.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlUnsignedLong`.
XmlUnsignedShort.Factory | A class with methods for creating instances of `XmlUnsignedShort`.

## Exception Summary

SchemaTypeLoaderException | An exception that is thrown if there is corruption or a version mismatch in a compiled schema type system.
XmlException | A checked exception that can be thrown while processing, parsing, or compiling XML.
XmlRuntimeException | An unchecked XML exception.
XMLStreamValidationException | An exception thrown from a validating XMLInputStream.