On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Gianugo Rabellino wrote:
> A source property (both in webdav sense and in the SourceProperty > implementation) is made of three part: a local name (String), a > namespace (String) and a value (DOM Element). It's worth noticing that > the property value is actually the *holder element* plus it's value > (that is a text node - in case of a string value - or other Elements), > so that effectively you get, in case of webdav, > > <getcontenttype xmlns="DAV:">text/xml</getcontenttype> > > All this said, I fail to understand why this transformer is somehow > reinveinting XML by using this syntax: > > <source:prop name="author" namespace="meta">me</source:prop> +1 > which forces, besides, to use a very risky solution to rebuild the property: > > String pre = "<"+name+" xmlns="+quote+namespace+quote+">"; > String post = "</"+name+">"; > String xml = pre+value+post; > StringReader reader = new StringReader(xml); > Document doc = parser.parseDocument(new InputSource(reader)); > SourceProperty property = new SourceProperty(doc.getDocumentElement()); > ((InspectableSource)source).setSourceProperty(property); > > One of my biggest no-no is not to use string manipulation to build XML: > this algo would fail in case the element has any XML reserver characters > or is an XML property value with nested elements. I must use the string manipulation in the Slide block, because the properties were stored in Slide in a very unusual manner. It was a PITA. But the WebDAV implementation should handle this easier, I think. Stephan.
