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XSD => Ecore mapping without FeatureMaps [message #1800086]

Wed, 19 December 2018 16:55

Robert Schulk

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Registered: July 2015

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Is there any way to map an XSD to ecore without using FeatureMaps?
So usually for the following, we get a featuremap:

<xs:element name="A">
    <xs:complexType>
        <xs:sequence maxOccurs="unbounded">
            <xs:element name="B" type="BType" />
            <xs:element name="C" type="CType" />
        </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

So I am looking for a way to define an ecore model which does not use featuremaps but can export valid XMLs according to the schema.

My approach was to use a common superclass for BType and CType (e.g. BCType) and add a plain list of this to the Class A.
But in the XML Export I always get entries of BCType which are of course not in the schema.

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Re: XSD => Ecore mapping without FeatureMaps [message #1800107 is a reply to message #1800086]

Thu, 20 December 2018 05:14

Ed Merks

Messages: 33141
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

I assume you still want to preserve the relative mixed order of B and C elements. If not, you could use ecore:featureMap="" on the xs:sequence. That will give you an EClass A with two separate containment references for B and C, but of course all Bs will be serialized before all Cs.

An alternative is to change the schema to express the XML serialization using substitution groups and using the approach described in this very old blog entry to produce a clean API for it that nevertheless serializes in a way that conforms to your schema:

http://ed-merks.blogspot.com/2007/12/winters-icy-grip.html

I think it will be a problem though that it then uses global elements that will be qualified, but your original schema likely has unqualified elements B and C...

Ed Merks
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Re: XSD => Ecore mapping without FeatureMaps [message #1800147 is a reply to message #1800107]

Thu, 20 December 2018 12:59

Robert Schulk

Messages: 144
Registered: July 2015

Senior Member

Thats exactly what we would have needed, but unfortunately: yes the original schema uses unqualified elements.

We're going to use a workaround this time, but this is good to know for the future!

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