Yes, sorry to bother, I was just thinking about readability sake.....but I’m just not expert with xml parsing and validation.
Thanks for the input. James Mitchell Software Engineer\Struts Evangelist Struts-Atlanta, the "Open Minded Developer Network" http://www.open-tools.org/struts-atlanta > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 11:12 PM > To: Struts Developers List > Subject: Re: Validator DTD > > > > > On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, James Mitchell wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 22:08:45 -0400 > > From: James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Validator DTD > > > > While browsing through the Validator DTD, I noticed that the ‘formset’ > > element, which declares child elements ‘constant’ and ‘form’ was placed > > between the ‘constant’ and ‘form’ elements (position in file). > > > > I’m not sure what impact (if any) this has on xml validation (no pun > > intended), but I thought I would mention it. > > > > I’m attaching a patch, in case someone thinks its necessary. > > > > This should not matter at all. The allowed subelement order is defined by > the <!ELEMENT> declaration of the parent element, not the syntactic order > in the DTD. And subelements can be used in more than one parent element > (like <set-property> is for struts-config.xml files), so you couldn't rely > on element order even if you wanted to. > > Craig > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>