XML schema can have multiple choices in a single complexType?

Question

Is it possible to do something like this in an XML schema?

<xsd:complexType name="ItemsType">
  <xsd:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
    <xsd:element ref="shirt"/>
    <xsd:element ref="hat"/>
    <xsd:element ref="umbrella"/>
  </xsd:choice>
  <xsd:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="3">
    <xsd:element ref="apple"/>
    <xsd:element ref="banana"/>
    <xsd:element ref="strawberry"/>
  </xsd:choice>
</xsd:complexType>

this is apparently invalid though. What I would like is for it to be possible to have 0 or more of the first choice.. E.g. there could be a shirt element and a hat element, or perhaps no clothes elements at all (since minOccurs="0"), followed by at least 1 fruit elements (I want to make it so there has to be at least one, since minOccurs="1").

is there a way to do it?

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

<xsd:complexType> expects to have only one child element. Wrap your two choices inside a single <xsd:sequence>.

Example

<xsd:complexType name="ItemsType">
  <xsd:sequence>
    <xsd:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
      ... clothes ...
    </xsd:choice>
    <xsd:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="3">
      ... fruits ...
    </xsd:choice>
  </xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>