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Subject: Re: cvs commit: jakarta-commons-sandbox/jelly build.xml
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 04:28:40 +0100
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Hi Christoph

Your XML format does look quite like JDK1.4 XML-Serialization; maybe you
could use XSLT to turn it into the JDK1.4 format?

Incidetnally betwixt tends to try to make more 'nice to edit' looking XML
thats less verbose.

e.g here's a Rectangle class in betwixt...

<rectangle x="12" y="10" width="100" height="10"/>

rather than the more verbose JDK-1.4 XML serialiazation style of...

<OBJECT ID="Rectangle1" CLASS="java.awt.Rectangle">
    <FIELD NAME="x">
        <OBJECT CLASS="int">12</OBJECT>
    </FIELD>    ...
    <FIELD NAME="y">
        <OBJECT CLASS="int">10</OBJECT>
    </FIELD>    ...
    <FIELD NAME="width">
        <OBJECT CLASS="int">100</OBJECT>
    </FIELD>    ...
    <FIELD NAME="height">
        <OBJECT CLASS="int">10</OBJECT>
    </FIELD>    ...
</OBJECT>

I guess it comes down to use cases; if you just need serialization to use
XML format, and don't particularly care what it looks like or how verbose it
is, then JDK 1.4 XML serialiation is fine. Betwixt tries to make less
verbose 'nicer to edit' XML so takes a different approach to JDK1.4 XML
serialization.

James
----- Original Message -----
From: <Christoph.Reck@dlr.de>
To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: cvs commit: jakarta-commons-sandbox/jelly build.xml


> In our company we successfully use a XML configuration language used to
instantiate beans
> (and arbitrary java objects). Maybe this could serve as input (but using a
betwixt/digester
> reader). This code was designed before SOAP, JDK1.4 XML-Serialization, and
originally
> took some ideas from Koala (www.inria.fr).
>
> Our team has recently used this XML serialization and reading scheme to
migrate
> object versions and OODBs (PSEpro form ObjectDesign/ObjectStore).
>
> Please let me know if you would like to see the sources and more/real
config code.
>
> The following text is an example of an XML configuration file with
embedded comments
> describing its syntax.
>
> <!-- XML CONFIGURATION File
>   ! $RCSfile: XML_Configuration.html,v $
>   !
>   ! Specification of a generic java object constructor and configuration
language.
>   !
>   ! Version: $Revision: 1.5 $
>   ! Date:    $Date: 2000/05/09 13:42:16 $
>   ! Author:  Christoph Reck
>   !
>   ! Copyright DLR 1999
>   !
>   !-->
>
> <!--
>   ! SYNTAX DESCRIPTION:
>   !
>   ! <OBJECT      ID="string" NAME="string" CLASS="string" REF="string">
>   ! <METHOD      ID="string" NAME="string" CLASS="string" REF="string">
>   ! <FIELD       ID="string" NAME="string" CLASS="string" REF="string">
>   ! <ARRAY       ID="string" NAME="string" CLASS="string">
>   ! <STRING      ID="string" NAME="string" VALUE="string">
>   ! <MAP         ID="string" NAME="string">
>   ! <CONSTRUCTOR ID="string">
>   ! <PACKAGE     ID="string">
>   !
>   ! COMMENTS:
>   !  A STRING appends the contents to the value. The value may contain
white spaces.
>   !  A MAP permits getting an ordered list of the named entries via
getNames().
>   !
>   ! ATTRIBUTES:
>   ! ID="string"     - identifier to access it externally
>   ! NAME="string"   - a pretty name used to title the object,
>   !                   identify the field (only for field type),
>   !                   or the method (only for method type)
>   ! CLASS="string"  - dotted.classname in case of complex classes, or
>   !                   simple classname in case of base classes (like int)
>   ! REF="string"    - ID path of another Object, specified in the
>   !                   same XML file. It do not have to be created before
>   !                   it is being referenced. This is done automatically.
>   ! "string"        - a text, that has to be quoted.
>   !
>   !
>   ! USAGE:
>   !
>   ! The contents of XML Configuration files following this schema
>   ! can be accessed via the static class
de.dlr.dfd.dims.ot.control.Configuration
>   !
>   ! Initilization is done via:
>   !   XmlConfigReader.init(parameter)   - Parameter can either be a file
name
>   !                                       (both absolute or relative), an
URL
>   !                                       or an InputStream.
>   !
>   ! After initialization the specific configuration item is retrieved via
>   !   Object XmlConfigReader.get(String IDpath)
>   ! or any of the other XmlConfigReader.* convenience methods
getString(...).
>   !
>   ! IDpath          - The contents of the configuration file are accessed
via
>   !                   a string identifier. Items at inner hierarchy levels
can
>   !                   be accessed by concatenating the IDs in the path
with
>   !                   dots '.' beginning at the root node (exclusivly).
>   !                 - An Object can not be accessed if there is a level
>   !                   without ID between itself and the root node.
>   !                 - The "PACKAGE" construct can be used to build
>   !                   hierachical IDs without having to repeat the path
>   !                   for all IDs within that level.
>   ! Object          - The retrieved content is the instantiated Object, an
>   !                   Array, a Hashtable, or the return value of methods
or
>   !                   fields.
>   !
>   ! Defaults        - The default class of ARRAY tags is Object.
>   !                 - It is not neccessary to put Strings into an OBJECT
tag.
>   !
>   ! Processing      - Creating an Object only the Constructor, the Method
>   !                   and the Field tags, that are direct childs of this
Object,
>   !                   are processed.
>   !                 - Other tags on this child-level are ignored, but can
be
>   !                   used to hold additional information for the Object
(for
>   !                   example a Hash, containing the allowed methods of a
class,
>   !                   or an OBJECT tag, containing just a name), which may
be
>   !                   accessed via user code, using the
XmlConfigReader.get()
>   !                   method with "ObjectIDPath.infoID" as parameter
String.
>   !
>   !-->
>
> <!-- EXAMPLES -->
>
> <CONFIGURATION>
>    <!-- Instantiate a class without a constructor (see NOTE 2) -->
>    <OBJECT ID="HELLO" NAME="greeting message">Hello World!</OBJECT>
>
>    <!-- Catenate String values -->
>    <STRING ID="HELLO.AGAIN" VALUE="I say: ">Hello<STRING VALUE=" World "
/>
>      <STRING>Again!</STRING>
>    </STRING>
>
>    <!-- Takeover the value of a (public) static constant -->
>    <FIELD ID="CENTER" CLASS="javax.swing.SwingConstants" NAME="CENTER">
>    </FIELD>
>
>    <!-- Takeover the value from a static method -->
>    <METHOD ID="ORB" CLASS="org.omg.CORBA" NAME="init">
>    </METHOD>
>
>    <!-- Invoke a static method -->
>    <METHOD ID="FALSE" CLASS="java.lang.String" NAME="valueOf">
>      <OBJECT CLASS="boolean">0</OBJECT>
>    </METHOD>
>
>    <!-- Instantiate a class with constructor values, fields, methods -->
>    <OBJECT ID="Rectangle1" CLASS="java.awt.Rectangle">
>      <CONSTRUCTOR>
>        <OBJECT CLASS="int">1</OBJECT>
>        <OBJECT CLASS="int">2</OBJECT>
>        <OBJECT CLASS="int">3</OBJECT>
>        <OBJECT CLASS="int">4</OBJECT>
>      </CONSTRUCTOR>
>      <FIELD NAME="witdh">
>        <OBJECT CLASS="int">6</OBJECT>
>      </FIELD>
>      <METHOD NAME="setLocation">
>        <OBJECT CLASS="int">7</OBJECT>
>        <OBJECT CLASS="int">8</OBJECT>
>      </METHOD>
>      <OBJECT ID="NAME">The name of the rectangle</OBJECT>
>    </OBJECT>
>
>    <!-- Assign a value to a public field refferring an already
>         instantiated object (see NOTE 3) -->
>    <FIELD REF="Rectangle1" NAME="heigth">
>      <OBJECT CLASS="int">9</OBJECT>
>    </FIELD>
>
>    <!-- Instantiate a class using fields and methods from another
class -->
>    <OBJECT ID="Rectangle2" CLASS="java.awt.Rectangle">
>      <METHOD NAME="setLocation">
>        <METHOD REF="Rectangle1" NAME="getLocation"></METHOD>
>      </METHOD>
>      <METHOD NAME="setSize">
>        <OBJECT CLASS="java.awt.Point">
>          <FIELD REF="Rectangle1" NAME="width"/>
>          <FIELD REF="Rectangle1" NAME="heigth"/>
>        </OBJECT>
>      </METHOD>
>    </OBJECT>
>
>    <!-- Instantiate an array  -->
>    <ARRAY ID="rectangle_array" CLASS="java.awt.Rectangle">
>      <OBJECT REF="Rectangle1"/>
>      <OBJECT REF="Rectangle2"/>
>    </ARRAY>
>
>    <!-- Instantiate a hashtable  -->
>    <MAP ID="hashtable">
>      <OBJECT CLASS="int" NAME="eins">1</OBJECT>
>      <OBJECT CLASS="int" NAME="zwei">2</OBJECT>
>    </MAP>
>
>    <!-- Instantiate a Panel with a Gridlayout -->
>    <OBJECT ID="Panel" CLASS="java.awt.Panel">
>      <OBJECT CLASS="java.awt.GridLayout">
>        <OBJECT ID="px" CLASS="int">3</OBJECT>
>        <OBJECT ID="py" CLASS="int">6</OBJECT>
>      </OBJECT>
>    </OBJECT>
>
>    <!-- Create an array with two rectangles, that are referenced -->
>    <ARRAY ID="ReferenceArray" CLASS="java.awt.Rectangle">
>      <OBJECT REF="Square"></OBJECT>
>      <OBJECT REF="Square"></OBJECT>
>    </ARRAY>
> </CONFIGURATION>
>
>
>
> <!-- NOTES:
>   !
>   ! NOTE1: due to java internals, only objects can be defined.
>   !        Reflection-constructors and method-invocations will always
>   !        use object[] as parameters, and the class parameter defines
>   !        the exact type, e.g. 'int' instead of 'java.lang.Integer'.
>   !        As a result of this, an 'int' class will return an 'Integer'.
>   !
>   ! NOTE2: the default class is 'java.lang.String'.
>   !
>   ! NOTE3: setting fields should normally be done via set-methods.
>   !
>   ! NOTE4: due to the use of SUNs XML-parser, a series of blanks is
>   !        reduced to a single blank.
>   !
>   !-->
>
> <!-- END of XML CONFIGURATION File -->
>
>
> jstrachan@apache.org wrote:
> > jstrachan    2002/06/19 03:31:14
> >
> >   Modified:    jelly    build.xml
> >   Added:       jelly/src/test/org/apache/commons/jelly/xml/betwixt
> >                         makeBetwixt.jelly input.xml
> >   Log:
> >   added a new sample Jelly script to generate bewtixt descriptors from a
sample XML bean language.
> >   Moving forward it mght be interesting to investigate using a simple
'BeanML' language to autogenerate beans, Torque SQL stuff, OJB descriptors
etc.
> >[snip]
> >   Index: input.xml
> >   ===================================================================
> >   <?xml version="1.0"?>
> >   <transactionBean
> >     className="org.zenplex.tambora.transaction.PO"
> >     primitiveTypes="attributes"
> >     rootName="PO">
> >
> >     <fields>
> >       <field name="id" type="int"/>
> >       <field name="name" type="String"/>
> >     </fields>
> >   </transactionBean>
> >[snip]
>
>
> --
> :) Christoph Reck
>
>
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