XML Mappings

Hi,

I am having a few problems with Xml mappings and serialization of objects to XML.

1) The schema from the third party defines a namespace for all tags, but in the docs they ask to not send some portion of the xml without namespaces. Is there a way to do that using XML mapping specs or hand-written specs? The attribute mappings have a namespaceURI of nil, but the schema defines the namespace suffix for the tags.

2) When I write an XML file using abtXmlPrintOn:context:, how can I produce the leading definitions including namespace definitions? Where can I get them from. Using abtXmlPrintOn:Context:, the tags get a prefix named zmls:whatever. Can I be sure it always is "zmls"? Can I ask the mapper/output serializer or any other object for these namespaces or even the complete tags?

3) I need to map attributes of an object as a combined Subelement with Attributes. I mean I want to map two attributes of an object to a Subelement that has one of the attributes as text node and the other one as an Attribute. To clarify, I reuse an example from the VAST Users Guide:

Assuming I want to serialize a JrcCustomer like this:

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Sorry, I somehow posted too fast...

<ClassElementMapping ElementTagName="Customer" ClassName="JrcCustomer">

  <AttributeMapping ClassAttribute="number">

    <SubElement>CustomerID</SubElement>

      <Attribute>number</Attribute>

</AttributeMapping>

<AttributeMapping ClassAttribute="name">

<SubElement>CustomerID</SubElement>

<Attribute>name</Attribute>

</AttributeMapping>

</ClassElementMapping>

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Sorry, bad typo:

1) The schema from the third party defines a namespace for all tags, but in the docs they ask to not send some portion of the xml without namespaces.

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That seems to indicate, that they also have troubles :-) ? Smalltalker ?
:-))))

Marten


Am 16.08.2012 08:52, schrieb [hidden email]:
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> They ask me to send some tags without namespaces, even though their
> schema defines them for all tags. At least they state which ones
> should not have a namespace ;-)
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Maybe using XML is asking for trouble, even outside of the Smalltalk world ;-)

But yes, it is illogical and somewhat strange. The documentation really says: Don't use any namespaces for the tags in these sections of the document.

They also ask me to not send any empty tags. A question I forgot. Ho do I prevent the XML mappers to not send a tag if the instance variable value is nil.

Oh my, I could live perfectly happy without this XML interface. My customers see it differenty... :-(

Joachim


Am Donnerstag, 16. August 2012 09:27:04 UTC+2 schrieb Marten Feldtmann:

That seems to indicate, that they also have troubles :-) ? Smalltalker ?
:-))))

Marten


Am 16.08.2012 08:52, schrieb <a href="javascript:" target="_blank" gdf-obfuscated-mailto="4q4JxkYol3AJ">jtu...@...:
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> They ask me to send some tags without namespaces, even though their
> schema defines them for all tags. At least they state which ones
> should not have a namespace ;-)
> -

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