Re: [stp-dev] pre/post edit transformators for the XEF editor

[David Bosschaert <dbosscha@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oisin Hurley wrote:
> >  It would
> > even make it possible to use the XEF editor on non-XML files.
> > So it opens up the possibility to use the XEF editor for many different
> > types of files, as long as what is being edited can be described using XML
> > Schema (XSD).
> >     
>
> I like the idea of being able to edit non-XML documents too -
> I must try to find a good example for this and implement it.
>
> Maybe even a simple editor for Java properties files would be
> really easy to do - the added value would be 1) the documentation
> and 2) the type checking and 3) default values.
>   

This would certainly be possible. You could even use it to create an 
editor for specific types of property file, e.g. a log4j config file or 
a JVM logging.properties file, that would help the user with these formats.

Cheers,

David