XML Schema API Usability improvements: java.util.List, java.util.Map and
utility methods
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Key: XERCESJ-1360
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1360
Project: Xerces2-J
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: XML Schema API
Affects Versions: 2.9.1
Reporter: Michael Glavassevich
As a consequence of our choice to design XSModel in IDL instead of Java we
ended up creating many list type interfaces and XSNamedMap. If we had started
this work in Java we would have used java.util.List and java.util.Map instead,
interfaces which are built into the Java class library that have first class
support in the Collections API and are used by countless applications. To
improve usability we should retrofit java.util.Map everywhere into the API
where we are returning XSNamedMap and java.util.List everywhere in the API
where we are returning the XSModel specific list types.
Also, we defined methods on the API which accept StringLists and LSInputLists
but provided no methods for creating them. This forces users to create their
own implementations. We should provide utility methods on the XSImplementation
interface to eliminate this burden.
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