constraintdef
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constraintdef

Name

constraintdef — The definition of a constraint in an EBNF production

Synopsis

Content Model

constraintdef ::=
(title,
 (calloutlist|glosslist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|segmentedlist|
  simplelist|variablelist|literallayout|programlisting|
  programlistingco|screen|screenco|screenshot|synopsis|
  cmdsynopsis|funcsynopsis|classsynopsis|fieldsynopsis|
  constructorsynopsis|destructorsynopsis|methodsynopsis|
  formalpara|para|simpara|address|blockquote|graphic|graphicco|
  mediaobject|mediaobjectco|informalequation|informalexample|
  informalfigure|informaltable|equation|example|figure|table|
  procedure|sidebar|anchor|bridgehead|remark|indexterm|beginpage))

Attributes

Common attributes

Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain constraintdef:

Parameter Entities
`%bookcomponent.content;`	`%component.mix;`	`%compound.class;`
`%divcomponent.mix;`	`%ebnf.block.hook;`	`%refcomponent.mix;`

Description

This element is only available if you are using the EBNF Module.

A ConstraintDef contains a description of a constraint that cannot be expressed in the grammar (generally logical rather than syntactic constraints).

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Parents

These elements contain constraintdef: appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, blockquote, callout, chapter, glossary, glossdiv, index, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsynopsisdiv, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, setindex, simplesect, step.

Children

The following elements occur in constraintdef: address, anchor, beginpage, blockquote, bridgehead, calloutlist, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, constructorsynopsis, destructorsynopsis, equation, example, fieldsynopsis, figure, formalpara, funcsynopsis, glosslist, graphic, graphicco, indexterm, informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, mediaobjectco, methodsynopsis, orderedlist, para, procedure, programlisting, programlistingco, remark, screen, screenco, screenshot, segmentedlist, sidebar, simpara, simplelist, synopsis, table, title, variablelist.

Examples

For examples, see productionset .