[xsd-users] string literal definitions for element names

[Leonid Gershanovich]

Hi Boris,

is there a way to instruct generator to produce set of string literal definitions for element/attribute names?


let say that I have a very simple schema(sample.xsd):
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
           targetNamespace ="http://schemas.mydomain.com/sample"
           xmlns="http://schemas.mydomain.com/sample"
           elementFormDefault="qualified"
>
  <xs:element name="sample_el">
    <xs:complexType/>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>
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Then I generate SAX wrappers with expat and driver code with following command:
./CodeSynthesis/3.2.0/bin/xsd  cxx-parser \
      --xml-parser expat            \
      --skel-type-suffix _sax_interface        \
      --skel-file-suffix -sax_interface        \
      --impl-type-suffix "-sax_impl"    \
      --impl-file-suffix "-sax_impl" --generate-print-impl --impl-file-suffix "-sax_impl" --generate-test-driver  \
      --hxx-suffix .h                          \
      --ixx-suffix .ipp                        \
      --cxx-suffix .cpp                        \
      --proprietary-license                    \
      sample.xsd


In sample-driver.cpp I am getting code like this:
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    ::xml_schema1::document doc_p (
      sample_el_p,
      "http://schemas.247realmedia.com/sample",
      "sample_el");
--------------------------

Ideally I do not want to have neither element name nor xml namspace hardcoded in my program, but I could not find in generated code any way to do this otherwise.

Idea is that if I decide to change schema and rename element/attribute/targetNamespace I I would want my code to stop compiling, but with hardcoded literals I would have to go thru my code and make sure that names in schema are in sync with whatever is hardcoded.

Thanks
Leonid Gershanovich