OK, I see, thanks. Glen
----- Original Message ----- From: "Finn Bock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 2:22 AM Subject: Re: Do we need an "inherit" enumeration constant? > [Glen] > > > This is possibly a question for Finn, but if anyone knows: In our > > Constants.java [1], we don't have an property enumeration constant for > > "inherit". (Go here [2], and search on "inherit", you will see it > > listed in the Value: section for multiple properties.) Is there any > > reason why we don't need it, or did we just forget to add it to our > > Constants.java? > > It isn't needed as an enum value because the 'inherit' keyword takes > precedence over the other enumeration values. See 5.9.11: > > "The Keyword values take precedence over EnumerationToken." > > where Keyword is 'inherit'. The code to handle 'inherit' is at line 397 > > http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/xml-fop/src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/properties/PropertyMaker.java?annotate=1.11 > > > OTOH the code to deal with 'inherit' and the other enum values needs > some changes to deal with optional white-space, so perhaps the parsing > of enums should be passed to the PropertyParser and the 'inherit' test > should be placed after the call to PropertyParser.parse(). In that case > a INHERIT constant would be needed. > > regards, > finn
