Understand and agree. I would also like to see an official "dtd" file
for the XML files. Lots of XML editors have "validation" commands that
will make sure the XML conforms to the DTD spec which can help remove
some xml related bugs that pop up (not well formed, missing tags,
attribtutes).
Also, for advanced XML tools like the ones included in Eclipse and
NetBeans, the DTD can enable xml "Code Completion" which helps when
trying to develop the XML in the first place. This helps the user use
the correct tags and attributes for a given tag. It also would help
explore the possible tags, versus diving in to the ParaView source
code and skimming some of the XML files in there.
THanks for letting my "Hijack" the thread Dave..
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Mike Jackson [email protected]
BlueQuartz Software www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer Dayton, Ohio
On Dec 3, 2009, at 11:38 AM, David Doria wrote:
Is there any tool available to "check" an xml file before loading it?
Often when I apply a plugin filter, Paraview simply crashes. It is
always due to an error in my xml file, but I have to go searching for
it manually. Could something be developed to do things like ensure
when you have command="SetUseAutoRadius" that SetUseAutoRadius()
actually exists in the filter? Currently when a plugin fails there is
a lot of guess work and manual hunting that would be nice to replace
by some kind of automatic parser/checker/tester.
Does anyone understand what I mean / agree?
Thanks,
David
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