Name
(pattern) — Container
Synopsis
“(” pattern
“)”
Restrictions
pattern
May be included in
(pattern)
, attribute
,
datatypeName param exceptPattern
,
element
, list
,
mixed
, pattern&pattern
,
pattern*
, pattern+
,
pattern,pattern
, pattern?
,
pattern|pattern
XML syntax equivalent
None
Description
The (pattern)
container is useful when grouping
together patterns combined using, (ordered
group), |
(choice), or &
(interleave). This container is treated itself as a pattern and may
be combined with other patterns or quantified using qualifiers.
The operator (, |
&
) used within the
(pattern)
container defines how the subpatterns
are combined, and different operators can’t be mixed
at the same level.
Even when such a container isn’t required, it is often used to improve the readability of a schema.
Example
element name { text|( element first{text}, element middle{text}?, element last{text} )} element foo { element out {empty} & ( element in1 {empty}, element in2 {empty} ) }
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