XMLConstraint

All Superinterfaces:

Constraint

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExclusiveConstraint, ValueConstraint
```
public interface XMLConstraint
extends Constraint
```
Constraints implementing this interface have - beyond the Constraint interface - the capability to be created through XML configuration files. In this case, a public no-arg constructor is also required.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`init(Constrainable constrainable, java.util.List<org.jdom.Element> list)`	This method is used to initialize a constraint based on data read from an XML configuration file.

Methods inherited from interface ml.options.Constraint
isSatisfied, supports

- Method Detail
  - init
```
void init(Constrainable constrainable,
          java.util.List<org.jdom.Element> list)
```
    This method is used to initialize a constraint based on data read from an XML configuration file. The method is invoked internally during setup with the instance of Constrainable to which the constraint applies and a list of JDOM elements, which contain the details about the constraint itself.
    This method initializes the constraint and attaches it to the list of constraints of the Constrainable instance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    constrainable - The Constrainable instance to which this constraint applies
    
    list - A list of JDOM elements to be used to initialize the constraint. Specifically, these are tags of the form
    <param name="..." value="..." />
    containing key/value pairs with information. The expected pairs are specific to each implementation.