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public boolean <B>derivedFromType</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xerces/xs/XSTypeDefinition.html">XSTypeDefinition</A>&nbsp;ancestorType,
                               short&nbsp;derivationMethod)</PRE>
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<DD>Convenience method which checks if this type is derived from the given 
 <code>ancestorType</code>.<DD><DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ancestorType</CODE> - An ancestor type defin