XML Schema complexContent element
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complexContent element defines extensions or restrictions on a complex type (with mixed content or contain only elements).
Element Information
- Parent element: complexType
grammar
<complexContent
id=ID
mixed=true|false
any attributes
>
(annotation?,(restriction|extension))
</complexContent>
id=ID
mixed=true|false
any attributes
>
(annotation?,(restriction|extension))
</complexContent>
(? Sign declares that the element can occur zero or one time within complexContent element.)
| 属性 | 描述 |
|---|---|
| id | 可选。规定该元素的唯一的 ID。 |
| mixed | 可选。规定是否允许字符数据出现在该 complexType 元素的子元素之间。 默认值为 false。 |
| any attributes | 可选。规定带有 non-schema 命名空间的任何其他属性。 |
Example 1
The following example has a complex type "fullpersoninfo", this complex type by extension with three additional elements inherited type from another complex type "personinfo" derived from:
<xs:element name="employee" type="fullpersoninfo"/>
<xs:complexType name="personinfo">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="firstname" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="lastname" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="fullpersoninfo">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="personinfo">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="address" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="city" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="country" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="personinfo">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="firstname" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="lastname" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="fullpersoninfo">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="personinfo">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="address" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="city" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="country" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
In the above example, "employee" element must contain the following elements in order: "firstname", "lastname", "address", "city" and "country".
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