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[OT] -- Editing XML
Hi All,
I have been assigned to add functionality to my STRUTS app that provides
the ability to alter many 3rd party defined XML data structures. It
would like to take a 3rd party XML data structure and defined XSLT to
create a HTML form for editing the underling XML data structure. Only
requiring basic input validation maybe from a schema. When the form has
been completed and submitted the XML data structure would be recreated
with the new input values. I need to do this in a generic way so that
the same application can process and edit any defined XML data
structure.
XML/XSLT --> HTML FORM --> XML
Can I do this?
Are there any tools out there that enable this?
Could a 3rd party define a XML data structure and XSLT that would create
a HTML form for editing the data structure?
Any comments/input is greatly appreciated, I have been assigned this
task and have no idea if it is possible or where to start.
Many Thanks,
Greg Hess
Software Engineer
Wrapped Apps Corporation
275 Michael Cowpland Dr.
Suite 201
Ottawa, Ontario
K2M 2G2
Tel: (613) 591 -7552
Fax: (613) 591-0523
1 (877) 388-6742
<http://www.wrappedapps.com/>
RE: [OT] -- Editing XML
Posted by Greg Hess <gh...@wrappedapps.com>.
Many thanks,
I have been looking a lot a XForms and have come to the understanding
and might be wrong that the XForms provides the ability to create forms
that are not coupled with a particular view technology like HTML, the
forms are build using XML and rendered appropriately for the requesting
device. I decided to move my exploration away from XForms because this
type of functionality is great but not my key objective.
I don't mind if my forms are in HTML but my form must be generated
dynamically from an XML data structure defining an applications
configuration and I am thinking a XSLT could define the form to
represent that data and alter the data structure. As I can see an XForms
XML doc could define the form as I think the XSLT could and provide the
transformation with a browser plugin. Unfortunately as I have found the
plugins only support MS IE6 and would be a big limitation on the
application.
Please correct me if I am wrong or missing something.
I am going to read up on JAXB, XMLBeans, XUpdate.
Many Thanks,
Greg
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Jasnowski [mailto:mjasnows@bea.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:51 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [OT] -- Editing XML
>
> First off, what you describe is possible. There are probably a number
of
> ways to accomplish this, you might want to consider using something
like
> XML
> binding for working with the XML data structures directly. There are
> frameworks like JAXB, XMLBeans, etc. that enable you to work wtih XML
> documents in a more business object oriented or just plain java object
> fashion, rather than using DOM. You might also consider using XSLT
> directly
> to transform the document, using something like XUpdate that can
describe
> changes to an XML document using an XML grammar. Then there's XForms,
> which
> is intended to solve some of the same problems.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Hess [mailto:ghess@wrappedapps.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:36 PM
> To: Struts
> Subject: [OT] -- Editing XML
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I have been assigned to add functionality to my STRUTS app that
provides
> the ability to alter many 3rd party defined XML data structures. It
would
> like to take a 3rd party XML data structure and defined XSLT to create
a
> HTML form for editing the underling XML data structure. Only requiring
> basic
> input validation maybe from a schema. When the form has been completed
and
> submitted the XML data structure would be recreated with the new input
> values. I need to do this in a generic way so that the same
application
> can
> process and edit any defined XML data structure.
>
>
>
> XML/XSLT a HTML FORM a XML
>
>
>
> Can I do this?
>
>
>
> Are there any tools out there that enable this?
>
>
>
> Could a 3rd party define a XML data structure and XSLT that would
create
> a
> HTML form for editing the data structure?
>
>
>
> Any comments/input is greatly appreciated, I have been assigned this
> task
> and have no idea if it is possible or where to start.
>
>
>
> Many Thanks,
>
>
>
> Greg Hess
>
> Software Engineer
>
> Wrapped Apps Corporation
>
> 275 Michael Cowpland Dr.
>
> Suite 201
>
> Ottawa, Ontario
>
> K2M 2G2
>
> Tel: (613) 591 -7552
>
> Fax: (613) 591-0523
>
> 1 (877) 388-6742
>
>
>
>
>
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RE: [OT] -- Editing XML
Posted by Mike Jasnowski <mj...@bea.com>.
First off, what you describe is possible. There are probably a number of
ways to accomplish this, you might want to consider using something like XML
binding for working with the XML data structures directly. There are
frameworks like JAXB, XMLBeans, etc. that enable you to work wtih XML
documents in a more business object oriented or just plain java object
fashion, rather than using DOM. You might also consider using XSLT directly
to transform the document, using something like XUpdate that can describe
changes to an XML document using an XML grammar. Then there's XForms, which
is intended to solve some of the same problems.
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Hess [mailto:ghess@wrappedapps.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:36 PM
To: Struts
Subject: [OT] -- Editing XML
Hi All,
I have been assigned to add functionality to my STRUTS app that provides
the ability to alter many 3rd party defined XML data structures. It would
like to take a 3rd party XML data structure and defined XSLT to create a
HTML form for editing the underling XML data structure. Only requiring basic
input validation maybe from a schema. When the form has been completed and
submitted the XML data structure would be recreated with the new input
values. I need to do this in a generic way so that the same application can
process and edit any defined XML data structure.
XML/XSLT a HTML FORM a XML
Can I do this?
Are there any tools out there that enable this?
Could a 3rd party define a XML data structure and XSLT that would create a
HTML form for editing the data structure?
Any comments/input is greatly appreciated, I have been assigned this task
and have no idea if it is possible or where to start.
Many Thanks,
Greg Hess
Software Engineer
Wrapped Apps Corporation
275 Michael Cowpland Dr.
Suite 201
Ottawa, Ontario
K2M 2G2
Tel: (613) 591 -7552
Fax: (613) 591-0523
1 (877) 388-6742