Re: Xerces XMLSchema

sophie.ramel-bqDqoxiz9wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi, 
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> Thanks for the info. 
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> Do you mean you also started to modify the schemabuilder classes? 
Yes I have. I started in the quick and dirty way. Removing castor 
(temporarily) and try to fix all compile errors in Eclipse.
> I'm glad 
> to have asked on the list before doing too much work!
> Do you plan to finish it yourself, or do you want me to help?
If you have the time.
> If you want you can send me what you've already done, and I'll try to 
> complete it. 
I can send you the files I have since I wont be able to work on it 
comming week.
> > you mean the Schema2XForms builder API?. if so, i see no problem.
> Yes, I speak of the "SchemaFormBuilder" interface, because I need to 
> access the controlType in some methods. 
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> Sophie
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> Ronald van Kuijk <ronald-i7PTkw4H6JXk1uMJSBkQmQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> 19/02/2004 20:56
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> sophie.ramel-bqDqoxiz9wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > I'm going to use the Xerces XMLSchema implementation for another part of 
> > my project, so I'm beginning to transform the schemabuilder code, to use 
> > Xerces instead of castor, as proposed in a previous mail.
> > I don't know yet if I'll need to change a lot of things in the 
> > schemabuilder, it depends on how close the 2 APIs are.
> Well, not to close. I've been looking into this as well the last couple 
> of days and found the following
> - xerces2.6.0 with dom3 does not have an easy (one-method) access to 
> enummerations or form of the simple or complex typpes. 2.6.1 with dom3 
> support (currently beta) has.
> - opening the schema is completely different. A lot (relatively) more 
> lines of code needed here
> - The API itself differs a fair amount, but that can be done (i've 
> changend about 60% atm)
> - There is no support for the ListType and AnyType that castor (and 
> others) have. This is the mayor difference. A lot of refactoring is 
> required here and that is where I stopped Monday due to other (job 
> related) issues.
> - Getting to the annotations is also different in that you can only get 
> is as a string in the form:
> <?xml....?>
> <annotation>
> <documentation>.....</documentation>
> <document>......</documentation>
> </annotation>
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> So you have to parse that separately again.
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> > By the way, is it a problem if I slightly change the interface a little 
> > more than necessary? I've noticed that to make a custom 
> > SchemaFormBuilder, I'll perhaps need a few more parameters in some 
> > methods (I need this to generate directly switchs & triggers for 
> > optional elements...).
> Agree with Joern here
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> > Sophie
> Ronald
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