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I've copied your email on this response so you are aware of the etiquette for using this kind of list. On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Sankar P<[email protected]> wrote: > One > reason that I could think of is, to check for mandatory elements (like > say plugin-id) which can be easily compared by checking against a > schema etc. > > So, can someone explain me why XML is chosen and how it is beneficial > over a simple text file ? You've hit one of the largest reasons, schema. It allows definitions and complex data types for each extension point to be published. Now you can 1) generate documentation, 2) hand craft the XML necessary, 3) provide *extensive* tooling to help building the files. #3 is really important. There are a number of other good reasons. PW -- Paul Webster Hi floor. Make me a sammich! - GIR _______________________________________________ equinox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/equinox-dev
