Pier, I think some of this stuff, esp. boolean operators already exists in Ant. So you can look there for ideas, if not code.
Otis --- Pier Fumagalli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/12/02 17:13 "Mark R. Diggory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Your not providing enough info about what your trying to do, thus > you > > get generalized responses to basic messaging technologies > available. > > Yeah, sorry Mark, but I'm overwhelmed by work ATM, and this project > will > start early next january... So, I can only dedicate few minutes a > day... > > Couple of days ago, I flagged a message in which you said: > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <query> > > <boolean type="and"> > > <term field="character">Bird</term> > > <group> > > <term field="category">Cartoon</term> > > <boolean type="not"> > > <term field="name">Roadrunner</term> > > </boolean> > > </group> > > </boolean> > > </query> > > That _is_ a beauty.. Plain, simple, and doing exactly what I need! > :-) > > No weird XML-RPC/SOAP/QUERY stuff, just one tiny little thing that > does the > job I require... :-) > > Only thing I don't "like" is how you group up the terms, for example, > I > don't quite get the distinction between "boolean / and" and group... > > In theory, a binary operation can always be reducible to its minimal > configuration of two terms, depending on what precedence we give to > the (for > instance) "and" "or" and "not" operations... So, I don't see why > group is > actually there! :-) > > And also, one other thing is that since we have the flexibility of > XML, why > not using specific tags, such as <and/> or <or/> and <not/>... > > That is because, if you process SAX events, you can easily trigger on > those > names which are unique in your tag, while if you do use attributes, > well, > the whole thing gets a little bit messed up in terms of > parsing/checking and > slower because you have to analyze every single attribute to get the > "type" > of your boolean operation.... > > I'm thinking about something like: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <query index="Articles"> > <and> > <term field="subject">Microsoft</term> > <or> > <term>Lawsuit</term> > <term>Court</term> > </or> > </and> > </query> > > Does it make sense???? > > Pier > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
