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Unregistered(d)	Xml sample generation	Lead	[-]
Posts: 0 (01/04/05 07:54:17) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None The feature to create an Xml sample based on an xsd could be really interesting for testing purposes. But then it would be necessary if the generation also takes into account elements with a referenced type, see example below. Do you already support this? <xs:element name="A" type="B" /> <xs:simpleType name="B" type="xs:string"> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:enumeration value="START"/> <xs:enumeration value="WAIT"/> <xs:enumeration value="STOP"/> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType>
Bryce K Nielsen	Re: Xml sample generation	#1	[-]
Posts: 230 (01/04/05 09:12:46) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Currently the Export uses simple rules for creating the sample XML document. The only values that an element/attribute will contain is the one found in the default or the fixed attributes. Some logic could be added to make it more intelligent, though it may not turn out the way some wanted. For example, with the sample you gave, the results would look like this: <A>START</A> But is that sufficient? I mean, which of the three enumeration values should be used? Just the first? Alternate? Include all three? I'll add to the export today the inclusion of the first, and if you have an idea as for options for the other values, let me know. -BKN
Bryce K Nielsen	Re: Xml sample generation	#2	[-]
Posts: 230 (01/04/05 11:01:32) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've uploaded a new version of xmlDraft, ver 1.0.2.29 that will now include the first Enumeration value if the simpleType has enumerations. Download it, reinstall it, and let me know what you think. -BKN
Unregistered(d)	Re: Xml sample generation	#3	[-]
Posts: 0 (01/05/05 01:57:42) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tested it, it works and I think this is very interesting. How we work: When we update our XSD then we must also update our applications. Then we need to provide several xml test-files which cover the updates on XSD as good as possible. It is a lot of work to do this manually. So far I have not seen a xml tool which provides the feature to generate such xml files fully automatically. I think it is one of the key features of your product which makes it distinct from other xml tools. So to answer your question, to what should be filled in in case of enumeration, but more generic for patterns, choices, etc... I would say generate several xml's which together cover the xsd (or the part denoted by the user) as broad as possible.
Bryce K Nielsen	Re: Xml sample generation	#4	[-]
Posts: 230 (01/05/05 11:18:26) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Yes, that will be a much more advanced Export feature that we have not yet done. It would be great if xmlDraft could allow the user to optionally generate all sorts of different sample docs, but it's something that would be tricky to do in a one-size-fits-all solution. So, future versions will either include a wizard for exporting, or perhaps we'll start using xsd:appInfo and have some custom tags embedded into the XSD document for exporting purposes. If you have an idea for a quick solution though, let me know and I can probably squeeze it in real quick (like the Enumeration one). -BKN

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