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On Sat, 2002-03-02 at 10:22, Niels Peter Strandberg wrote:
> Why do we use XML to validate, manipulate, transform etc. other XML
> documents, fragments?
Uh, because it's a relatively easy way to make sure that the same rules
can be applied independent of language or platform? There's a cost in
abstraction, yes, but you're not tightly bound to a particular
implementation
> We have Java, C++ etc. We have if-else, while, switch etc. We can do
> classes, compile ......... We don't we use them??
We do use them, quite regularly.
> To me XML should be a part of my chosen programming language. No only
> files on a network or filesystem.
I'm not sure what you're getting at here. You oppose data files?
> I want XML in Java!
You can do XML and XML-like things in Java. I'm not sure Sun would be
too excited about making XML a _part_ of Java, but that's their
business.
> Why not like this:
>
>
> Stylesheet style = {
>
> <XSL:STYLESHEET {
> [xmlns.xsl = "http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";]
> [version = "1.0"]
>
> // Book
> <XSL:TEMPLATES {
> [match = "Book"]
> <HTML {
> <HEAD {
> <TITLE {
> name.equals("") ? "Hej,
> Guest!" : "Hej, " + name +"!";
> }
> }
> <BODY {
> <CENTER {
> <XSL:TEMPLATES
> { [select="title"] }
> }
> <XSL:TEMPLATES
> { [select="chapter"] }
> <XSL:TEMPLATES
> { [select="appendix"] }
> }
> }
> }
> }
> } // stylesheet
>
>
> I use Apples Project Builder, and the indenting works perfectly, for the
> code above!
I have a hard time seeing what you've saved, apart from end tags. Could
you explain in a little more detail what you're up to there? Indenting
alone doesn't seem like much of a criteria. I'm fairly sure BBEdit can
handle such indenting of XML documents as well, but maybe that's not
what you mean.
--
Simon St.Laurent
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Errors, errors, all fall down!
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