At 12:08 14/11/00 +1030, you wrote:
>> Is your concern with keeping comments and such inline with the
tasks/targets
>> they represent?
>>
>> If you could give a bit of background, it would help. (And if you have
>> already explained this once, please forgive. I tried to scan the history of
>> this list over the last few days, but have probably missed large gaps!)
>
>What is wanted is for the xml file to be modified but to keep the same
>structure as the user entered (whitespace included).
>
>I think what you are proposing is more inline with a Java/XML binding,
>which I believe is an easier way to manipulate the XML in a java
>centric. That is compile XML into Java classes.
>
>You'll need to work out what is needed and how much of the original
>XML needs to be kept when working on it.
Essentially there is a number of needs. The main one people have requested
is runtime interpretation. So
<blah attr="${var1}/blee" />
has to be interpreted differently depending on value of ${var} when it is
executed.
Cheers,
Pete
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