On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 10:06 +0100, Steve Loughran wrote: > > Hmm. Currently the task is only writing the first > > child as the root element of the output XML document, > > and including the XML declaration. AFAIK a > > non-well-formed fragment should forego the > > declaration. If so, we can do one of the following: > > > > 1) Disallow > 1 direct child of <echoxml> > > 2) Always write fragments, skipping the declaration. > > 3) Automatically include the declaration when there > > is only one direct child element. > > 4) Add some sort of cumbersome configuration options. > > > > XML not being my forte, I can say that 2) is simplest. > > What say any XML gurus out there? > > I'd say sometimes you want to write fragments, sometimes whole bits > with > encoding declarations. That is, #4. > > Make the default a well formed XML doc with a UTF-8 encoding; if you > want fragment then fragment=true, if you want a different encoding, > then > select it with an encoding attr.
I'd go with that too, though it might be better to indicate whether you want the declaration rather than whether it is a fragment. Phil :n) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
