Re: Adding restriction to a complexType

Couldn't you do something like:

<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
    <xs:pattern value="[.]{1,255}"/>
</xs:restriction>




On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Hintz, David <david.hintz@siemens.com>wrote:

>  Hello,****
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> Using XML Schema 1.0, I’m having a problem trying to add a restriction to
> a complexType.  I’ve got this element definition:****
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>   <xs:element name="productName">****
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>     <xs:simpleType>****
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>       <xs:restriction base="xs:string">****
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>         <xs:minLength value="1"/>****
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>         <xs:maxLength value="255"/>****
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>       </xs:restriction>****
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>     </xs:simpleType>****
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>   </xs:element>****
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> Obviously, I want “productName” to be a character string of 1 to 255
> characters.  Now, I’d like to add an element to “productName” – for example
> “entityRef” (0 to unbounded occurrences).  So, I’d need to change
> “productName” to <complexType mixed=”true”>, but I can’t figure out how to
> add the element and maintain the restriction for the overall length of
> “productName”.  This gets me close, but I lose the restriction:****
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>   <xs:element name="productName">****
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>     <xs:complexType mixed="true">****
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>       <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">****
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>         <xs:element ref="entityRef"/>****
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>       </xs:choice>****
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>     </xs:complexType>****
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>   </xs:element>****
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> Anyone have a simple solution for maintaining the restriction of 1-255
> characters in length?  Or, is this even possible?****
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> Thanks,****
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> Dave Hintz****
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> Siemens****
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