Reputation: 20178
Suppose I have define a general complextype
<xs:complexType name="Address">
<!--definition of address-->
</complexType>
now suppose I want to define a new type of address that will be used only once, and i want to extend the complextype address in a a new element
e.g.
<element type="Address">
<!--how to extend the base type address here-->
</element>
I don't want to define a new complex type to extend the type address because it will be used only once
Upvotes: 1
Views: 311
Reputation: 21658
You probably want an anonymous complex type; being anonymous, it can't be referenced, so effectively you can use it only "once".
<xsd:complexType name="Address">
<!-- definition of address -->
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:element name="AnotherAddress">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexContent>
<xsd:extension base="Address">
<!-- Extra content for address -->
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:complexContent>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
Upvotes: 4