I've found the XSD of XMI on the omg site here it is - http://www.omg.org/spec/XMI/20071213/XMI.xsd - hope this can help for now, at least to generate parsers for it and see if we can pare an IBM spec DD with it. And I attached a sample IBM spec DD for u to test.
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:20 AM, Mohammad Nour El-Din <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for my mistake, XMI is not invented by Eclipse people, it is the > invention of OMG - Object Management Group http://www.omg.org - Here > is the link for XMI > http://www.omg.org/technology/documents/modeling_spec_catalog.htm#XMI > . But still this does not resolve the issues related to IBM specific > DDs, cause they their own models and hence they can be considered as > applications of XMIs . > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Mohammad Nour El-Din > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> XMIs are not XSDs Dain, they are XML representation for EMF models - u >> can say UML described using EMF. I think there is a way to convert an >> XMI to XSD, and I think this can be found on Eclipse site. But the XMI >> schema itself which the WAS specific DDs follow, are not public and >> they are located using the deployment tool of was inside the was >> deployment itself - I will look for them. But this leads us to a >> license issue, can we use those XMIs deployed with was and not >> published publicly ??? >> >> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Dain Sundstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Oh, I see. XMI is an alternative to XSD. I thought is was a new way to >>> encode XML data (like SOAP encoded). So converting them to XSD and then >>> running JAXB on the converted file makes the most sense. >>> >>> -dain >>> >>> On Jun 19, 2008, at 2:00 PM, David Blevins wrote: >>> >>>> Or if you can grab the xmi files there's probably a way to convert them to >>>> xsd. >>>> >>>> If you can point me at them I can take a look. >>>> >>>> -David >>>> >>>> On Jun 19, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Dain Sundstrom wrote: >>>> >>>>> Can you post some example WS descriptors? I may be able to create a JAXB >>>>> parser using SXC that can read an XMI input file. I'll only know how >>>>> difficult a task it is after seeing some samples. >>>>> >>>>> -dain >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 19, 2008, at 10:11 AM, Mohammad Nour El-Din wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> :D, here is the trick, they are not normal XML files, they are XMI >>>>>> files - which are still XML files - they are the XML representation of >>>>>> an EMF model - EMF stand for Eclipse Meta Facility - it is the >>>>>> customized implementation of the OMG's OMF - Object Meta Facility. EMF >>>>>> is the frame work developed by Eclipse to impl the OMF in its own >>>>>> Eclipse mindset way :), and u can think about it like a framework to >>>>>> tie three main points together, that is Java, XML and UML. I kept >>>>>> thinking about that even starting from the point David impled the >>>>>> WebLogic import feature. I mean we have two approaches here: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1- To use the EMF to be able to read those XMI easily. But I still >>>>>> don't know how exactly to do it - needs some investigation, and I have >>>>>> some contacts to ask for that point. But we have to think about using >>>>>> EMF in our project, it is not that easy cause we will have to package >>>>>> it with OEJB, or the customer will have a headace doing it himself :S. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2- To use our intelligence and make a JAXB parsers - or anyother >>>>>> kind of parsers - so we can read it as a kind of normal XML files to >>>>>> get the info from it. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Think about it and I will make my contacts to have a more precise >>>>>> decision. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Karan Malhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I could not find the schemas for the descriptors. Any clue on where I >>>>>>> could >>>>>>> find them? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Karan Malhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sure, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That would be great. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 3:02 AM, Mohammad Nour El-Din < >>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Karan I would like to share this task with you as I have some >>>>>>>>> experience with WAS specific DDs. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 4:16 AM, David Blevins >>>>>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Jun 14, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Karan Malhi wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Where would i start from to add support for Websphere descriptors? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> First thing would be to grab the xsds and generate a jaxb tree. You >>>>>>>>>> can >>>>>>>>>> throw then in a new package at org.apache.openejb.jee.was in the >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> openejb-jee >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> module. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> For the trees that I did, I just grabbed the latest 2.0.x version of >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> jaxb ri and generated via the command line. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -David >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>>>> - Mohammad Nour >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Karan Singh Malhi >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Karan Singh Malhi >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> - Mohammad Nour >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks >> - Mohammad Nour >> > > > > -- > Thanks > - Mohammad Nour > -- Thanks - Mohammad Nour
