public int size() {
            return getLength();
        }
    }

    public String getTypeNamespace() {
        return getNamespace();
    }

    public boolean isDerivedFrom(String typeNamespaceArg, String typeNameArg, int derivationMethod) {
        return isDOMDerivedFrom(typeNamespaceArg, typeNameArg, derivationMethod);
    }

    private short convertToPrimitiveKind(short valueType) {
        /** Primitive datatypes. */
        if (valueType <= XSConstants.NOTATION_DT) {
            return valueType;
        }
        /** Types derived from string. */
        if (valueType <= XSConstants.ENTITY_DT) {
            return XSConstants.STRING_DT;
        }
        /** Types derived from decimal. */
        if (valueType <= XSConstants.POSITIVEINTEGER_DT) {
            return XSConstants.DECIMAL_DT;
        }