Re: why does xerces add attributes in alphabetical order of attribute name

[Vassil Peytchev <mu...@bobson.net>]

Atributes in XML can appear in any order (i.e. attributes are not 
ordered). AFAIK, the internal data structure Xerces 1 uses to keep 
attributes orders them alphabetically, so that is how the DOM is 
serialized. The XML way (so to speak) to ensure a particular order of 
"things" is to make them elements. Another option would be to use a 
"custom" element, which keeps extra information about the order of 
attributes...

Malia Zaheer wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to add 3 attributes to an element in this order:
> 
>        e.setAttribute("ref", "record");   
>        e.setAttribute("minOccurs", "1");
>        e.setAttribute("maxOccurs", "unbounded");
>  
> 
> Later, when I try to serialize my dom tree, the attributes seem to be added
> in alphabetical order of the attribute name, like this:
> 
>      <element maxOccurs='unbounded' minOccurs='1' ref="record"/>
> 
> Why does xerces change the order of attributes?  Is there anyway to force
> order of attributes?
> 
> thanks for your help in advance,
> Malia





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