Class:

pattern

May be included in:

(pattern), attribute, datatypeName param exceptPattern, element, list, mixed, pattern&pattern, pattern*, pattern+, pattern,pattern, pattern?, pattern|pattern.

XML syntax equivalent:

zeroOrMore

Description:

A pattern qualified as zeroOrMore must be matched zero or more times (i.e. any number of times).

Restrictions:

The pattern* pattern cannot contain attribute definitions.

Example:

      
   element author {
    attribute id {text},
    element name {text},
    element born {text},
    element died {text}?}* 
 
  book-element = element book {
   attribute id {text},
   attribute available {text},
   isbn-element,
   title-element,
   author-element *,
   character-element*
  }