Package org.apache.jena.datatypes

Provides the core interfaces through which datatypes are described to Jena. Instances of RDFDatatype describe serialization, parsing and equality-testing functions for a single Datatype. The TypeMapper provides a user-extensible registry through which datatype definitions can be registered against URIs. It is prepopulated with XML datatype definitions.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
RDFDatatype	Interface on a datatype representation.

Class Summary

Class	Description
BaseDatatype	Base level implementation of datatype from which real implementations can inherit.
BaseDatatype.TypedValue	Pair object used to encode both lexical form and datatype for a typed literal with unknown datatype.
TypeMapper	The TypeMapper provides a global registry of known datatypes.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
DatatypeFormatException	Exception thrown when a lexical form does not match the stated datatype.