Hi Dave,
I also found that default must be used for simple types only and cannot be used
for complex types.
So this syntax cannot be used: <xs:element name="item1" type="complexTypeB"
default="xxx"/>
But it looks valid to have a complexType mandatory (minOccurs="1") and that the
elements of this complexType have default values defined.
Attaching ServiceClient.xsd below.
After calling generateDS, we get ServiceClient.py and ServiceClientSub.py.
In ServiceClient.py, in the _CellConfigType class, complexOptionConfig is
initialized to None:
"class _CellConfigType(GeneratedsSuper):
subclass = None
superclass = None
def __init__(self, simple=300, complexOptionConfig=None):"
But the complexOptionConfig element is mandatory and every element of
_ComplexType has default values.
=> do you have a suggestion to be able to call the _ComplexType() constructor
to initialize complexOptionConfig instead setting it to None?
It looks like other editor work this way. Attaching a xml generated with Altova
editor. There the editor automatically adds the complexOptionConfig element.
Also it does not set explicitly the values of the elements of
complexOptionConfig since default values are defined for it in the xsd.
Example ServiceClient.xsd
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
<xs:simpleType name="_Option1">
<xs:restriction base="xs:token">
<xs:enumeration value="Option1_CONFIG_0"/>
<xs:enumeration value="Option1_CONFIG_1"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:simpleType name="_Option2">
<xs:restriction base="xs:token">
<xs:enumeration value="Option2_CONFIG_0"/>
<xs:enumeration value="Option2_CONFIG_1"/>
<xs:enumeration value="Option2_CONFIG_2"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:complexType name="_ComplexType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Option1" type="_Option1"
default="Option1_CONFIG_0"/>
<xs:element name="Option2" type="_Option2"
default="Option2_CONFIG_0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:simpleType name="_SimpleType">
<xs:restriction base="xs:unsignedInt">
<xs:minInclusive value="0"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:complexType name="_CellConfigType">
<xs:all>
<xs:element name="simple" type="_SimpleType"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" default="300"/>
<xs:element name="complexOptionConfig"
type="_ComplexType" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
</xs:all>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:simpleType name="_CellHandle">
<xs:restriction base="xs:unsignedInt"/>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:complexType name="_Cell">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="CellHandle" type="_CellHandle"
default="0" minOccurs="1"/>
<xs:element name="CellConfig" type="_CellConfigType"
minOccurs="1"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="Root">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<!-- maximum 8 cells -->
<xs:element name="Cell" type="_Cell"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="8"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
XML generated with Altova Editor:
the editor requires one Cell element to be present. Then all elements of Cell
(with minOccurs="1") are present, even ComplexType and the ComplexType content
is populated with default values defined for the elements of ComplexType
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Root xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="ServiceClient.xsd">
<Cell>
<CellHandle></CellHandle>
<CellConfig>
<simple></simple>
<complexOptionConfig>
<Option1></Option1>
<Option2></Option2>
</complexOptionConfig>
</CellConfig>
</Cell>
</Root>
Thanks for your feedback!
Best regards,
Vincent
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Kuhlman <dkuhl...@davekuhlman.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 1:16 AM
To: Helfre Vincent 5RSV-AE <vincent.hel...@rohde-schwarz.com>
Cc: generateds-users <generateds-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: *EXT* Re: setting default values for complextypes
Vincent,
> first I would like to thank you a lot for your generateDS script and
> the good documentation.
>
> I have a question regarding the setting of default values.
You are welcome. I appreciate the comment.
It seems that you want to be able to specify a default value that is an
xs:complexType. I do not know how you would do that.
Suppose you had:
<xs:complexType name="complexTypeA">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="description" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="item1" type="complexTypeB" default="xxx"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
What would you put in the place of xxx? I know how to specify a default value
for primitive and simple types (for example, an xs:string, an xs:integer, or an
xs:simpleType that restricts a primitive type). But, I do not know how to do
that for complex types.
I did several Web searches, but found no help on how to do that. I believe
that default values must simple types.
Am I interpreting your question incorrectly? If so, please straighten me out.
By the way, your task (loading a database from an XML instance
document) seems like a ETL (extract, transform, load) sort of problem. I am
currently working on adding support to generateDS for a similar capability so
that it can load XML data into a Django database. So, someday, maybe, I will
have a little more support for that kind of task.
Thank you for your question. And, if I can be of more help, please ask.
Dave
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 10:32:42AM +0000, Vincent Helfre wrote:
> Dear David,
> first I would like to thank you a lot for your generateDS script and
> the good documentation.
>
> I have a question regarding the setting of default values.
> A customer gives me a xsd where all the default values are set (for
> simple types). Then the structure can be quite deep and have several
> levels that look like for example:
> complexTypeA->ComplexTypeB->SimpleTypeC
> I have to create a database in Python with the structure that holds
> these default values.
> The problem I am facing now is that for a tree like
> complexTypeA->ComplexTypeB->SimpleTypeC, the constructor generated
> via generateDS for the complexTypeA initializes ComplexTypeB with
> None. So my structure does not hold the default values for
> ComplexTypeB.
> What works is that ComplexTypeB initializes SimpleTypeC with the
> default values specified in the xsd.
> Would you have a suggestion to initialize complexTypeA with a default
> value for ComplexTypeB?
> Thanks for your feedback!
> Best regards,
>
--
Dave Kuhlman
http://www.davekuhlman.org
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