Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact general-help@xml.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list general@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 69337 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2000 21:31:05 -0000 Received: from dingle.myra.com (HELO mail.myra.com) (142.44.2.14) by locus.apache.org with SMTP; 15 Sep 2000 21:31:05 -0000 Received: from dingle.myra.com ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.myra.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA6A7D for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:31:04 -0700 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: general@xml.apache.org Subject: Re: Newbie : Creating XML docs via an application (ie. non-manual) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:20:26 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:31:04 -0700 From: Rick Tessner Message-ID: <7736F981C20.AAA6A7D@mail.myra.com> X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Thanks Ed! I've been looking at the Castor site and looks very promising indeed. Pretty much exactly what I'd be looking for. Next question for this list is then: Does anyone out there have any experience (good or bad) with Castor or Avalon?? Any gotcha's that you've run into? (Licensing, portability, learning curve, etc) On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:20:26 EDT, "Ed Staub" wrote: >It sounds like you're looking for an object-to-XML mapping tool. > >If so, check out Castor, at castor.exolab.org. There are some others out >there also; hopefully other folks will chime in. > >I have not used Castor, but I am tempted. > >Also, the Java Community Process is working on "Avalon", but don't expect >anything in the near future. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rick Tessner [mailto:rick@dingle.myra.com] >Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 3:10 PM >To: general@xml.apache.org >Subject: Newbie : Creating XML docs via an application (ie. non-manual) > > >But what about the non-manual creation of the XML documents themselves? >I can create docs w/ Emacs, Arbourtext, vi, etc. That's no problem. The >issue that I have revolves around an application generating XML docs as >the output of a process. > >I might have an inventory application, invoice application, etc. Instead >of generating a reports or web page, I'd be creating an XML document >that conforms to a DTD or XML Schema. > >Is there an API that people are using to do this within an application? >I've been looking at SAX which doesn't seem to be suitable for >manipulation of an XML tree and DOM, which appears better suited to >manipulation of elements in a tree. -- Rick Tessner rick@myra.com MYRA Systems Corp. Fone: (250) 381 1335 x125 Phax: (250) 381 1304 Cell: (250) 885 9452 "Hmmm. They have the Internet on computers now!"