Right you are. I should have looked at the schema and the spec before shooting off my mouth.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Denny Vrandecic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: problem with getElementById() > > > That is not correct. > XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes defines the ID type in > accordance to the ID > type in the DTDs. The question still is, does Xerces recognize Schema > defined IDs? It does claim support for the given specification. > > > I'm not particularly familiar with XML Schemas, but I don't > think they > > provide any way for an XML processor to recognize ID > attributes. Simply > > naming them "id" is not sufficient. You may need a DTD as well. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mirko Braun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 4:49 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: problem with getElementById() > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi to all, > > > > > > i,m using the Xerces 2.3.0 to parse an XML-Document > > > validating against a > > > Schema. > > > When using the method getElementById() to get a node > > > referenced by an IDREF > > > (see code below) > > > a NULL-Pointer is given back. I'm sure that the ID is unique > > > within the XML > > > Document. > > > > > > Is their any special feature i have to set according to the > > > use of Schema > > > and Xerces? > > > > > > Can anybody help me? Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Mirko > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > C++ code: > > > > > > xercesc::DOMNode* pToDOMNode = oRevision.GetDOMNode(); > > > > > > xercesc::DOMNamedNodeMap* pToAttr = pToDOMNode->getAttributes(); > > > > > > xercesc::DOMNode* pToAuthorRef = > > > pToAttr->getNamedItem(xercesc::XMLString::transcode("AuthorRef")); > > > > > > xercesc::DOMDocument* pToDocument = > > > pToAuthorRef->getOwnerDocument(); > > > > > > xercesc::DOMElement* pToAuthor = > > > pToDocument->getElementById(pToAuthorRef->getNodeValue()); > > > > > > > > > XML Document: > > > > > > ... > > > <AUTHOR id='_1'> > > > <SHORTNAME>Rz</SHORTNAME> > > > ... > > > </AUTHOR> > > > ... > > > <REVISION AuthorRef='_1'> > > > ... > > > </REVISION> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > XML Schema: > > > > > > <xs:element name="AUTHOR"> > > > <xs:complexType> > > > <xs:sequence> > > > <xs:element ref="SHORTNAME"/> > > > ... > > > </xs:sequence> > > > <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:ID" > > > use="required"/> > > > </xs:complexType> > > > </xs:element> > > > ... > > > <xs:element name="REVISION"> > > > <xs:complexType> > > > <xs:sequence> > > > ... > > > </xs:sequence> > > > <xs:attribute name="AuthorRef" > > > type="xs:IDREF" use="required"/> > > > </xs:complexType> > > > </xs:element> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
