abstract

The extention syntax abstract specifies a parent class name for a target class.

Parameters

The abstract attribute takes one of the following values as a parameter:

true

Makes the generated class be abstract.

false

Makes the generated class be concrete.

Artifact

If value of the abstract attribute is true, the generated class will be a abstarct class.

Example

List 8.9.3.1[grammarAbstract.rng] is a sample schema for the abstract attribute.

<grammar xmlns="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"
         xmlns:java="http://www.relaxer.org/xmlns/relaxer/java"
         datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
  <start>
    <ref name="account"/>
  </start>
  <define name="account">
    <element name="account" java:abstract="true">
      <attribute name="accountNo">
        <data type="token"/>
      </attribute>
      <element name="balance">
        <data type="int"/>
      </element>
      <element name="owner">
        <data type="token"/>
      </element>
      <ref name="address"/>
      <zeroOrMore>
        <ref name="phone"/>
      </zeroOrMore>
    </element>
  </define>
  <define name="address">
    <element name="address">
      <attribute name="zip">
        <data type="token"/>
      </attribute>
      <text/>
    </element>
  </define>
  <define name="phone">
    <element name="phone">
      <attribute name="area">
        <data type="token"/>
      </attribute>
      <data type="token"/>
    </element>
  </define>
</grammar>