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關(guān)于XML Schema中的key和unique的概念很多Schema教程里面講過,可惜網(wǎng)上大部分教程里面的例子是錯(cuò)誤的,而且并沒有給出完整清晰的解釋,我查找了Schema的規(guī)范并寫出了相應(yīng)了例子,理清了這兩個(gè)概念,希望對(duì)大家有所幫助。XML Schema規(guī)范來自于
http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-0/
1.unique的定義和例子
規(guī)范中對(duì)于unique是這樣定義的:XML Schema enables us to indicate that any attribute or element value must be unique within a certain scope. To indicate that one particular attribute or element value is unique, we use the unique element first to "select" a set of elements, and then to identify the attribute or element "field" relative to each selected element that has to be unique within the scope of the set of selected elements.
譯文:XML Schema允許我們指出任意的屬性或者元素值在某個(gè)范圍內(nèi)是唯一的。為了指出這個(gè)屬性或者元素值的唯一性,我們使用了unique元素,它首先“選擇”一組元素,然后指出這個(gè)屬性或者元素的“域”在上一步所選擇出的元素集合中是唯一的。
例子Schema:UniqueTest.xsd
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="GB2312"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs=" <xs:element name="Person">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Comment describing your root element</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Name" type="xs:string" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xs:element name="Id" type="xs:integer" maxOccurs="unbounded">
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:unique name="IdUnique">
<xs:selector xpath=".//Id"/>
<xs:field xpath="."/>
</xs:unique>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
例子XML:UniqueTest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="GB2312"?>
<Person xmlns:xsi="<Name>wxb_nudt</Name>
<Id>1001</Id>
<Id>1002</Id>
<Id>1001</Id> <!--這兒就會(huì)報(bào)錯(cuò),因?yàn)樗闹岛偷谝粋€(gè)Id重復(fù)了,并不是唯一的-->
<Id>1004</Id>
</Person>
2.key的定義和例子
規(guī)范中是通過一個(gè)較長(zhǎng)的例子來說明key和keyref的定義,歸納起來可以做如下定義:XML Schema可以通過將一個(gè)元素或者屬性定義為一個(gè)key,這個(gè)key必須是unique的,這個(gè)key可以在XML文檔中的其他部分通過keyref進(jìn)行引用,keyref的值一定取自于key的某一個(gè)值。key的概念很類似于數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)中的外鍵。
key的具體定義方法很類似于unique的定義方法,首先“選擇”一組元素,然后指出某個(gè)屬性或者元素的“域”就是一個(gè)key。
而keyref與key的定義完全相似,唯一的區(qū)別是加了一個(gè)refer屬性,這個(gè)refer屬性指出了key的名字,具體例子如下:
例子schema:KeyExam.xsd
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- edited with XMLSPY v2004 rel. 3 U (http://www.xmlspy.com) by wxb (nudt) -->
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd=" <xsd:element name="rootElement">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="elementOne" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:attribute name="elementOneKey" type="xsd:integer"/>
<xsd:attribute name="elementOneDesc" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="elementTwo" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:attribute name="elementTwoKey" type="xsd:integer"/>
<xsd:attribute name="elementOneKey" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:attribute name="elementTwoDesc" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:key name="elementOnePK">
<xsd:selector xpath=".//elementOne"/>
<xsd:field xpath="@elementOneDesc"/>
</xsd:key>
<xsd:keyref name="elementOneFK" refer="elementOnePK">
<xsd:selector xpath=".//elementTwo"/>
<xsd:field xpath="@elementTwoDesc"/>
</xsd:keyref>
<xsd:unique name="EOneKeyU" xsi:type="xsd:integer">
<xsd:selector xpath=".//elementOne"/>
<xsd:field xpath="@elementOneKey"/>
</xsd:unique>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>
例子xml:KeyExam.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rootElement xmlns:xsi=" <elementOne elementOneKey="1" elementOneDesc="a"/>
<elementOne elementOneKey="2" elementOneDesc="b"/>
<elementOne elementOneKey="3" elementOneDesc="c"/>
<elementOne elementOneKey="4" elementOneDesc="d"/>
<elementTwo elementOneKey="5" elementTwoDesc="e" elementTwoKey="78"/>
<!--上面的elementTwoDesc作為elementOneDesc的一個(gè)keyref,它必須取值于上面的4個(gè)key值之一,這里它的值"e"因?yàn)椴皇侨≈涤?a","b","c","d",所以會(huì)報(bào)錯(cuò)-->
</rootElement>
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