On 25 Feb 2004, at 22:53, Daniel Fagerstrom wrote:
> CForms should use typed DOM as "form model"
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> I also believe that making CForms use typed XML as data storage is
> important. This obviously require some changes, among other things the
> widget objects need to be split into a control part and a storage
> part, XML data types need support. I will return with a detailed
> proposal in the near future (hopefully ;)). I also hope to get some
> feedback from the people involved in CForms development.
(some parts OT perhaps)
We have quite good experiences exploiting XMLBeans for O/XML mappings
in the buildup of Daisy - our forthcoming CMS framework. XMLBeans
requires you to opt for XML Schemas, which provide (some halfway
decently form of) data typing, and adds a whole lot of flexibility when
moving in between objects and XML. Maybe we should also try to explore
XMLBeans as a part of this equation. Based on gut feeling (as always)
however, I'm pretty sure that the change in form model from a proper
object hierarchy towards a generic DOM model will need some strong
convincing of the Woody dev folks (not including myself into that
group). While the idea sounds nice, it might be overly generic. IIRC, I
also heard Bruno muttering about some possible upcoming refactorings
w.r.t. caching and dynamic form models.
FWIW: Bruno is enjoying Italian snow ATM, and won't be back (and still
be very busy after that) until next week.
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