XMLBeans general guidance

[Peter Len <pe...@earthlink.net>]

Hello,

I have been looking at  XMLBeans to possibly help solve one of my 
problems but am getting lost as to if XMLBeans can really help with my 
issue.

What I would like to do is something similar to what an XML parser (like 
dom4j) can do with an XML document.  With Dom4j, for example, I can have 
it parse an XML file and then I can use XPath expressions to get to a 
particular element at which point I can get to its attributes, children, 
etc.

I would like to try to have a similar thing with my XML Schema.  I would 
like to have something (like XMLBeans) read in my schema and then let me 
be able to access certain elements in the schema (like through XPath) to 
get information such as cardinality (min/max occurs), enumeration 
restrictions, data types, etc.  These items are needed in order to build 
GUI elements. 

I have run through the example of compiling my schema into Java objects 
but am having a hard time getting down to my elements to get information 
like enumeration values and cardinality.  I started to look in the area 
of the "Schema Type System" but the documentation from the XMLBeans site 
on this doesn't really help me determine if that is the right path.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks - Peter Len


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