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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xerces/xs/XSTypeDefinition.html#derivedFrom(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, short)">derivedFrom</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;namespace,
            java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
            short&nbsp;derivationMethod)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method which checks if this type is derived from the gi