ava.lang.String&nbsp;namespace,
                           java.lang.String&nbsp;name,
                           short&nbsp;derivationMethod)</PRE>
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<DD>Convenience method which checks if this type is derived from the given 
 ancestor type.<DD><DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>namespace</CODE> - An ancestor type namespace.<DD><CODE>name</CODE> - An ancestor type name.<DD><CODE>derivationMethod</CODE> - A bit combination representing a subset of {
   <code>DERIVATION_RESTRICTION,