You're right. It would be good to make the var
element use the body for the value.
Then you could do this.
<var name="mask"><![CDATA[^["<].*$]]></var>
I'll add it to the list.
David
--- Rey Francois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not so much of an XML expert, but isn't the
> CCDATA character section
> offering a nice solution in order to preserve the
> real look of a reg. exp.
> in an XML file?
> Fr.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Winterfeldt
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 25 June 2001 18:11
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: server-side, java-based validation
> rules for struts..
>
>
> Regular expressions should be:
>
> ^"\(?(\d{3})\)?[-| ]?(\d{3})[-|
> ]?(\d{4})$"
>
> Properties file version
> ^\"\\(?(\\d{3})\\)?[-| ]?(\\d{3})[-| ]?(\\d{4})\"$
>
> David
>
> --- David Winterfeldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > When you are doing regular expressions you can
> > basically just cut and paste them from an example
> > and
> > escape out the few XML sensitive characters, but
> you
> > have to escape out the escape characters in a java
> > properties file which I think makes something that
> > is
> > already hard to read even more unreadable. This
> is
> > just a simple regular expression.
> >
> > XML Version (phone number with double quotes
> around
> > it)
> > "^\(?(\d{3})\)?[-| ]?(\d{3})[-|
> > ]?(\d{4})$"
> >
> > Properties file version
> > \"^\\(?(\\d{3})\\)?[-| ]?(\\d{3})[-| ]?(\\d{4})$\"
> >
> > In a regular expression a '(' means something and
> > regular expressions also use '\' to escape out
> > characters except they don't match java's escape
> > characters. So '\\(' is escaping out a '\' which
> is
> > then escaping a '('.
> >
> > I did a project keeping all of my regular
> > expressions
> > in a properties file and I find keeping them in
> xml
> > much more convenient. Of course if you were using
> a
> > Java IDE then you wouldn't have to worry about
> > escaping out the java escape characters yourself,
> > but
> > not everyone uses a full blown IDE.
> >
> > When I mentioned less technical people I meant
> > art/design people that use something like
> > Dreamweaver.
> > Dreamweaver already has basic support for JSP and
> > one
> > day it will probably support or have a plugin for
> > editing XML files. I don't think less technical
> > people are going to find a java IDE easier to use
> > than
> > an HTML editor if you use properties files. There
> > are
> > lots of generic XML editing packages so you don't
> > have
> > to hand roll your own xml editor. And there's
> > always
> > vi or notepad.
> >
> > David
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~dwinterfeldt
> >
> >
> > --- Nick Afshartous
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Cook, Levi writes:
> > > > IMHO, expressing rules using first class Java
> > > objects *can* be just as
> > > > flexible as defining rules in an XML file.
> > > >
> > > > The analog to changing a value in an XML file
> > is
> > > using a property editor to
> > > > change values stored in a JavaBean (thus
> > avoiding
> > > recompiling). The upside
> > > > of this approach is simpler integration with
> > > visual editors (simply
> > > > implement a property editor for your
> > form-bean).
> > >
> > > > Ultimately, I feel this is
> > > > where your less technical people can begin to
> > > contribute more effectivly.
> > > > The other route requires hand-rolling a
> visual
> > > editor for your XML scheme
> > > > and/or having your users learn quite a bit
> > about
> > > the intricacies of your
> > > > schema.
> > >
> > > Thanks Levi for pointing out that a property
> > editor
> > > could be used.
> > > Could one also add new rules and attributes
> > > dynamically with a
> > > property editor ?
> > >
> > > Maybe the trickiest part for the users would be
> to
> > > learn the
> > > syntax for rule expressions. In particular how
> to
> > > refer
> > > to object attributes within a rule.
> > > --
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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