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Posted to j-dev@xerces.apache.org by Mathis Kueckens <ku...@cs.tu-berlin.de> on 2006/10/12 17:50:57 UTC

using the org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.identity package

hi,
for my diploma thesis I'm programming a transformation tool, that 
transforms XML schemas to UML
class diagrams.
For traversing the xml schema structure I use the xerces xml schema api.

Currently I try to transform keyref-to-key-relations into uml 
associations. Therefore I need to
resolve the Xpath expressions within the IdentityConstraint expressions 
(XSIDCDefinition) to get
  the attributes/elements the key/keyRef-Element is assigned to.

I tried to use the "org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.identity" package that 
implements the key-keyref
  concept. So far I didn't reach my goal.

My question:
Is this package (maybe with interaction to other XPath implementations) is 
able to resolve the
xpath expressions (within <xs:selector>- and <xs:field>-elements) to 
resolve the attribue/element
declaration (XSAttributeDeclaration, XSElementDeclaration) it belongs to?

Thank You

Mathis

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Technical University of Berlin
Germany
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Re: using the org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.identity package

Posted by Michael Glavassevich <mr...@ca.ibm.com>.
Hi Mathis,

It might be possible for you to use the XPathMatcher but the input you 
provide it will need to come from manually traversing the XSModel.

Thanks.

Michael Glavassevich
XML Parser Development
IBM Toronto Lab
E-mail: mrglavas@ca.ibm.com
E-mail: mrglavas@apache.org

Mathis Kueckens <ku...@cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote on 10/17/2006 06:01:06 
AM:

> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Michael Glavassevich wrote:
> Thanks for answering quickly.
> I'm still not done with this problem. just to make sure, I get it right:
> To determine the element or attribut declarations the 
> key/keyref/unique-elements belong to, I have to evaluate the 
> selector/field XPath expressions manually while traversing the XSModel? 
> There's is no way to use the 
> org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.identity package in conjunction with the 
> org.apache.xerces.impl.xpath package for this problem?
> 
> Thanks again,
> Mathis
> 
> 
> > Hi Mathis,
> >
> > Mathis Kueckens <ku...@cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote on 10/12/2006 
11:50:57
> > AM:
> >
> >>
> >> hi,
> >> for my diploma thesis I'm programming a transformation tool, that
> >> transforms XML schemas to UML
> >> class diagrams.
> >> For traversing the xml schema structure I use the xerces xml schema 
api.
> >>
> >> Currently I try to transform keyref-to-key-relations into uml
> >> associations. Therefore I need to
> >> resolve the Xpath expressions within the IdentityConstraint 
expressions
> >> (XSIDCDefinition) to get
> >>   the attributes/elements the key/keyRef-Element is assigned to.
> >>
> >> I tried to use the "org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.identity" package that
> >> implements the key-keyref
> >>   concept. So far I didn't reach my goal.
> >>
> >> My question:
> >> Is this package (maybe with interaction to other XPath 
implementations)
> > is
> >> able to resolve the
> >> xpath expressions (within <xs:selector>- and <xs:field>-elements) to
> >> resolve the attribue/element
> >> declaration (XSAttributeDeclaration, XSElementDeclaration) it belongs
> > to?
> >
> > There's nothing in the API which does this. You'd have to walk the 
XSModel
> > yourself (taking into account wildcards, substitution groups and 
possible
> > values for xsi:type) to determine which declared attributes/elements 
could
> > match a selector/field XPath.
> >
> >> Thank You
> >>
> >> Mathis
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >> Technical University of Berlin
> >> Germany
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: j-dev-unsubscribe@xerces.apache.org
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> >
> > Michael Glavassevich
> > XML Parser Development
> > IBM Toronto Lab
> > E-mail: mrglavas@ca.ibm.com
> > E-mail: mrglavas@apache.org
> >
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> >
> >
> 
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Re: using the org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.identity package

Posted by Mathis Kueckens <ku...@cs.tu-berlin.de>.
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Michael Glavassevich wrote:
Thanks for answering quickly.
I'm still not done with this problem. just to make sure, I get it right:
To determine the element or attribut declarations the 
key/keyref/unique-elements belong to, I have to evaluate the 
selector/field XPath expressions manually while traversing the XSModel? 
There's is no way to use the 
org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.identity package in conjunction with the 
org.apache.xerces.impl.xpath package for this problem?

Thanks again,
Mathis


> Hi Mathis,
>
> Mathis Kueckens <ku...@cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote on 10/12/2006 11:50:57
> AM:
>
>>
>> hi,
>> for my diploma thesis I'm programming a transformation tool, that
>> transforms XML schemas to UML
>> class diagrams.
>> For traversing the xml schema structure I use the xerces xml schema api.
>>
>> Currently I try to transform keyref-to-key-relations into uml
>> associations. Therefore I need to
>> resolve the Xpath expressions within the IdentityConstraint expressions
>> (XSIDCDefinition) to get
>>   the attributes/elements the key/keyRef-Element is assigned to.
>>
>> I tried to use the "org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.identity" package that
>> implements the key-keyref
>>   concept. So far I didn't reach my goal.
>>
>> My question:
>> Is this package (maybe with interaction to other XPath implementations)
> is
>> able to resolve the
>> xpath expressions (within <xs:selector>- and <xs:field>-elements) to
>> resolve the attribue/element
>> declaration (XSAttributeDeclaration, XSElementDeclaration) it belongs
> to?
>
> There's nothing in the API which does this. You'd have to walk the XSModel
> yourself (taking into account wildcards, substitution groups and possible
> values for xsi:type) to determine which declared attributes/elements could
> match a selector/field XPath.
>
>> Thank You
>>
>> Mathis
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Technical University of Berlin
>> Germany
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: j-dev-unsubscribe@xerces.apache.org
>> For additional commands, e-mail: j-dev-help@xerces.apache.org
>
> Michael Glavassevich
> XML Parser Development
> IBM Toronto Lab
> E-mail: mrglavas@ca.ibm.com
> E-mail: mrglavas@apache.org
>
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Re: using the org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.identity package

Posted by Michael Glavassevich <mr...@ca.ibm.com>.
Hi Mathis,

Mathis Kueckens <ku...@cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote on 10/12/2006 11:50:57 
AM:

> 
> hi,
> for my diploma thesis I'm programming a transformation tool, that 
> transforms XML schemas to UML
> class diagrams.
> For traversing the xml schema structure I use the xerces xml schema api.
> 
> Currently I try to transform keyref-to-key-relations into uml 
> associations. Therefore I need to
> resolve the Xpath expressions within the IdentityConstraint expressions 
> (XSIDCDefinition) to get
>   the attributes/elements the key/keyRef-Element is assigned to.
> 
> I tried to use the "org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.identity" package that 
> implements the key-keyref
>   concept. So far I didn't reach my goal.
> 
> My question:
> Is this package (maybe with interaction to other XPath implementations) 
is 
> able to resolve the
> xpath expressions (within <xs:selector>- and <xs:field>-elements) to 
> resolve the attribue/element
> declaration (XSAttributeDeclaration, XSElementDeclaration) it belongs 
to?

There's nothing in the API which does this. You'd have to walk the XSModel 
yourself (taking into account wildcards, substitution groups and possible 
values for xsi:type) to determine which declared attributes/elements could 
match a selector/field XPath.

> Thank You
> 
> Mathis
> 
> ------------------------------
> Technical University of Berlin
> Germany
> ------------------------------
> 
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Michael Glavassevich
XML Parser Development
IBM Toronto Lab
E-mail: mrglavas@ca.ibm.com
E-mail: mrglavas@apache.org

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