- From: David Aldridge <daldridge@ncaustin.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:25:50 -0500
- To: "Michael Kay" <mhk@mhk.me.uk>, <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <995DD41584A5E8409557A4E0B44FC93A0C5593@ncapostal.ncaustin.com>
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But I can create an unbounded sequence that lets me have elements of the
same name, yes?
>>> XSD
<xs:complexType name="ShapeCompositeType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ShapeType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="Shape" minOccurs="0"
maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="ShapeComposite" type="ShapeCompositeType"
substitutionGroup="Shape"/>
>>> XML
<ShapeComposite name="MMHead3">
<color> ... </color>
<Circle name="LeftEar"> ... </Circle>
<Circle name="RightEar"> ... </Circle>
<Circle name="Head"> ... </Circle>
</ShapeComposite>
This is perfectly valid (and loadable by my C++ code to boot, as it uses
known tags/elements). The issue arises when I have a ShapeComposite
that I want to *ensure* has a "LeftEar", "RightEar", and "Head", thus
the attempt to apply <xs:restriction> to the "name" attribute of
ShapeType. (Ideally, I'd use 'MickeyMouseShapeType2', but extend it
from 'ShapeComposite')
The only other idea I've come up with so far is to use XSLT (or other
such transformation code) to transform a 'MickeyMouseHead1' occurance
into a 'ShapeComposite' with correctly specified 'name' attributes...
Any other ideas/comments?
-----Original Message-----
From: xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org
[mailto:xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Michael Kay
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 12:57 PM
To: David Aldridge; xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Subject: RE: Restricted type "derivation" help - concrete
example within
You can't have two elements in the same sequence with the same
name but different types. You're going to have to give the elements
different names.
Michael Kay
________________________________
From: xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org
[mailto:xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of David Aldridge
Sent: 23 June 2004 17:48
To: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Subject: Restricted type "derivation" help - concrete
example within
I have an old C++ class heirarchy that I'm trying to
migrate to being mostly defined via XML rather than C++ code, and have
run into a snag with specifying the appropriate type in my schema.
Rather than explaining it in prose, below are example .XSD and .XML
implementations that illustrate the issue. My comments and question
follow the source.
test.xsd
======================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'>
<xs:complexType name="ColorType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="red" type="xs:unsignedByte"/>
<xs:element name="green"
type="xs:unsignedByte"/>
<xs:element name="blue" type="xs:unsignedByte"/>
<xs:element name="alpha"
type="xs:unsignedByte"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="ShapeType" abstract="true">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="color" type="ColorType"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"
use="required"/>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="Shape" type="ShapeType"
abstract="true"/>
<xs:complexType name="CircleType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ShapeType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="radius"
type="xs:unsignedByte"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="Circle" type="CircleType"
substitutionGroup="Shape"/>
<xs:complexType name="SquareType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ShapeType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="length"
type="xs:unsignedByte"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="Square" type="SquareType"
substitutionGroup="Shape"/>
<xs:complexType name="MickeyMouseHeadType1">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ShapeType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="LeftEar"
type="CircleType"/>
<xs:element name="RightEar"
type="CircleType"/>
<xs:element name="Head"
type="CircleType"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="MickeyMouseHead1"
type="MickeyMouseHeadType1" substitutionGroup="Shape"/>
<!--xs:complexType name="MickeyMouseHeadType2">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ShapeType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="Circle">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:restriction
base="CircleType">
<xs:attribute
name="name" type="xs:string" use="required" fixed="LeftEar"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="Circle">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:restriction
base="CircleType">
<xs:attribute
name="name" type="xs:string" use="required" fixed="RightEar"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="Circle">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:restriction
base="CircleType">
<xs:attribute
name="name" type="xs:string" use="required" fixed="Head"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="MickeyMouseHead2"
type="MickeyMouseHeadType2" substitutionGroup="Shape"/-->
<xs:element name="Canvas">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="Shape" minOccurs="0"
maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
=================
test.xml
=================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Canvas
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="test.xsd">
<Circle name="Circle1">
<color>
<red>1</red>
<green>2</green>
<blue>3</blue>
<alpha>4</alpha>
</color>
<radius>5</radius>
</Circle>
<MickeyMouseHead1 name="MMHead1">
<color>
<red>11</red>
<green>22</green>
<blue>33</blue>
<alpha>44</alpha>
</color>
<LeftEar name="LeftEar">
<color>
<red>1</red>
<green>2</green>
<blue>3</blue>
<alpha>4</alpha>
</color>
<radius>5</radius>
</LeftEar>
<RightEar name="RightEar">
<color>
<red>1</red>
<green>2</green>
<blue>3</blue>
<alpha>4</alpha>
</color>
<radius>5</radius>
</RightEar>
<Head name="Head">
<color>
<red>1</red>
<green>2</green>
<blue>3</blue>
<alpha>4</alpha>
</color>
<radius>5</radius>
</Head>
</MickeyMouseHead1>
</Canvas>
=================
COMMENTS / QUESTIONS:
The schema and xml content are valid (note that
'MickeyMouseHeadType2' is commented out, as it in invalid content), but
not sufficient for my C++ loading code, as it knows how to
create/instantiate <Circle> and <Square>s, not <LeftEar>, <RightEar>,
and <Head>s. I would *prefer* to come up with a workable solution for
'MickeyMouseHeadType2', as that would allow .XML thusly:
...
<MickeyMouseHead2 name="MMHead2">
<color ... />
<Circle name="LeftEar"> ...(contents)...
</Circle>
<Circle name="RightEar"> ...(contents)...
</Circle>
<Circle name="Head"> ...(contents)... </Circle>
</MickeyMouseHead2>
...
Any ideas?
Thanks!
David
Received on Wednesday, 23 June 2004 14:26:22 UTC