[xsd-users] <choice> abuse

[Boris Kolpackov]

Hi Ray,

Ray Lischner <rlischner at proteus-technologies.com> writes:

> Upon further reflection, I realize that I was wrong. Code Synthesis
> does not enforce other schema restrictions, such as maxOccurs. There
> is no reason to treat <choice> differently or specially.

I think there is. maxOccurs values other than "1" or "unbounded"
are very rare[1]. Both "1" and "unbounded" are supported by the
interface. On the other hand, <choice> is quite common and adding
some extra safety would be a good idea, I think.


1. Some schema processors exhibit very poor performance with
   maxOccurs values greater than "1" but less than "unbounded".
   The fact that vendors think this is acceptable confirms
   that this case is not widely used.


hth,
-boris
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