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XForms Data Types
XForms have predefined data types and attributes.
Data Types
| Data Type |
Example |
Input Result |
| binary |
<binary name="image"/> |
<image>photo.jpg</image> |
| boolean |
<boolean name="member"/> |
<member>false</member> |
| date |
<date name="orderdate"/> |
<orderdate>2000-04-18</orderdate> |
| duration |
<duration name="duration"/> |
<duration>2</duration> |
| group |
<group name="order">
<string name="item"/>
<number name="quantity"/>
</group> |
<order>
<item>milk</item>
<quantity>10</quantity>
</order> |
| money |
<money name="price"/> |
<price>99.95</price> |
| number |
<number name="quantity"/> |
<quantity>40</quantity> |
| string |
<string name="country"/> |
<country>Norway</country> |
| time |
<time name="ordertime"/> |
<ordertime>18:10:30</ordertime> |
| uri |
<uri name="site"/> |
<site>http://www.w3schools.com</site> |
Data Attributes
| Attributes |
Purpose |
Example |
| currency |
Defines the currency |
<money name="price" currency="usd"/> |
| decimal |
Defines the number of decimals |
<number name="price" decimal="2"/> |
| integer |
Defines the value as an integer |
<number name="age" integer="true"/> |
| maxOccurs |
Defines the max number of values for the same data |
<string name="orderline" maxOccurs="*"> |
| minOccurs |
Defines the min number of values for the same data |
<string name="orderline" minOccurs="1"> |
| name |
Defines the name of the data |
<string name="country"/> |
| precision |
Defines the precision of the value |
<date name="yearborn" precision="year"/> |
Validation Attributes
| Attributes |
Purpose |
Example |
| calc |
The value is calculated |
<money name="total" calc=sum(total,price*quantity)/> |
| default |
The value has a default |
<string name="country" default="Norway"/> |
| fixed |
The value is fixed |
<string name="country" fixed="Norway"/> |
| min |
The minimum value |
<number name="age" min="16" |
| max |
The maximum value |
<number name="age" max="65" |
| pattern |
Pattern validation |
<string name="phone" pattern="\d*-\d*-\d*" |
| range |
The value is in a range |
<string name="sex" range="closed">
<value>male</value>
<value>female</value>
</string> |
| required |
The value is required |
<string name="age" required="true"/> |
| validate |
The value should be validated |
<number name="zip" validate="valzip(this.value)"/> |
Data Structures
| Data Type |
Purpose |
Example |
| enum |
Values must be from a predefined enumeration |
<string name="sex" range="closed">
<value>male</value>
<value>female</value>
</string> |
| union |
Values must be from one of two different sets |
<union name="sex">
<string range="closed">
<value>male</value>
<value>female</value>
</string>
<number range="closed">
<value>1</value>
<value>2</value>
</number>
</union> |
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