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How to copy XSDSchema object [message #77985]

Wed, 01 July 2009 20:06

Marcin Cylke

Messages: 61
Registered: July 2009

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Hello

What I'm trying to achieve is create a class extending XSDSchema and put
some convenience functions in it. I want to have my own interface to
XSDSchema object. This part is done, but I have a hard time loading
content into such object.

Normaly I would do:
XSDParser xsdParser1 = new XSDParser(null);
xsdParser1.parse(uri);
XSDSchema schm = xsdParser1.getSchema();

But since I want to pack that schema into my own object how should I do
this?

I tried extending XSDParser to return my object when getSchema() is
called, but it just doesn't work - it returns empty XSDSchema.

It would suffice to copy one schema to another, since my object is
XSDSchema object on steroids ;-)

Do you have any ideas about this kind of problem?

Marcin

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Re: How to copy XSDSchema object [message #78002 is a reply to message #77985]

Thu, 02 July 2009 10:56

Ed Merks

Messages: 33136
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Marcin,

Comments below.

Marcin Cylke wrote:
> Hello
>
> What I'm trying to achieve is create a class extending XSDSchema and
> put some convenience functions in it.
That sounds like a bad idea.
> I want to have my own interface to XSDSchema object. This part is
> done, but I have a hard time loading content into such object.
> Normaly I would do:
> XSDParser xsdParser1 = new XSDParser(null);
You should load schemas using an XSDResourceImpl, not this way.
> xsdParser1.parse(uri);
> XSDSchema schm = xsdParser1.getSchema();
>
> But since I want to pack that schema into my own object how should I
> do this?
You should not want to do that. It's a bad idea and you already see
why. You can't ensure that the rest of the framework will create
instances of your derived class.
>
> I tried extending XSDParser to return my object when getSchema() is
> called, but it just doesn't work - it returns empty XSDSchema.
>
> It would suffice to copy one schema to another, since my object is
> XSDSchema object on steroids ;-)
Even the XML Schema specification makes the schema definition final, so
again, it's a really bad idea.
>
> Do you have any ideas about this kind of problem?
Yes, avoid it completely. Put your convenience functions in a
convenient separate class.
>
> Marcin
>

Ed Merks
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