https://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/: Xerces2 is the next generation of high performance, fully compliant XML parsers in the Apache Xerces family. This new version of Xerces introduces the Xerces Native Interface (XNI), a complete framework for building parser components and configurations that is extremely modular and easy to program. The Apache Xerces2 parser is the reference implementation of XNI but other parser components, configurations, and parsers can be written using the Xerces Native Interface. For complete design and implementation documents, refer to the XNI Manual. Xerces2 is a fully conforming XML Schema 1.0 processor. A partial experimental implementation of the XML Schema 1.1 Structures and Datatypes Working Drafts (December 2009) and an experimental implementation of the XML Schema Definition Language (XSD): Component Designators (SCD) Candidate Recommendation (January 2010) are provided for evaluation. For more information, refer to the XML Schema page. Xerces2 also provides a complete implementation of the Document Object Model Level 3 Core and Load/Save W3C Recommendations and provides a complete implementation of the XML Inclusions (XInclude) W3C Recommendation. It also provides support for OASIS XML Catalogs v1.1. Xerces2 is able to parse documents written according to the XML 1.1 Recommendation, except that it does not yet provide an option to enable normalization checking as described in section 2.13 of this specification. It also handles namespaces according to the XML Namespaces 1.1 Recommendation, and will correctly serialize XML 1.1 documents if the DOM level 3 load/save APIs are in use. 
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package org.apache.xerces.xs;

import java.util.List;


 The StringList is an immutable ordered collection of 
GenericString. 

/**
 *  The <code>StringList</code> is an immutable ordered collection of 
 * <code>GenericString</code>. 
 */
public interface StringList extends List {
    
 The number of GenericStrings in the list. The range of 
valid child object indices is 0 to length-1 inclusive. 

/**
     *  The number of <code>GenericString</code>s in the list. The range of 
     * valid child object indices is 0 to <code>length-1</code> inclusive. 
     */
    public int getLength();

    
 Checks if the GenericString item is a member 
of this list. 

Params:
  • item –  GenericString whose presence in this list is 
  to be tested.
Returns: True if this list contains the GenericString 
  item.
/**
     *  Checks if the <code>GenericString</code> <code>item</code> is a member 
     * of this list. 
     * @param item  <code>GenericString</code> whose presence in this list is 
     *   to be tested. 
     * @return  True if this list contains the <code>GenericString</code> 
     *   <code>item</code>. 
     */
    public boolean contains(String item);

    
 Returns the indexth item in the collection or 
null if index is greater than or equal to 
the number of objects in the list. The index starts at 0. 

Params:
  • index –  index into the collection.
Returns: The GenericString at the indexth 
  position in the StringList, or null if 
  the index specified is not valid.
/**
     *  Returns the <code>index</code>th item in the collection or 
     * <code>null</code> if <code>index</code> is greater than or equal to 
     * the number of objects in the list. The index starts at 0. 
     * @param index  index into the collection. 
     * @return  The <code>GenericString</code> at the <code>index</code>th 
     *   position in the <code>StringList</code>, or <code>null</code> if 
     *   the index specified is not valid. 
     */
    public String item(int index);

}