Subject:programmatically generate XML instance from XML schema (xsd) Author:Kris Fraley Date:24 Apr 2008 11:14 AM Originally Posted: 24 Apr 2008 11:15 AM
I am new to Stylus Studio and looking for a way to programmatically generate XML instance data from XML schema (.xsd file). Does Stylus Studio provide a command line interface to accomplish such a task? Thanks for your help. -Kris
Subject:programmatically generate XML instance from XML schema (xsd) Author:Kris Fraley Date:24 Apr 2008 01:24 PM
Hi Alberto,
Thank you for the quick reply. Too bad xsd to xml is only available from the UI. Since it can be done in the UI, it seems like it wouldn't be too difficult to provide command line support. Any plans to ever do something like that in the future? Would it be beneficial to add the command line feature request to the Stylus Studio Feature Requests "conference"?
-Kris
Subject:programmatically generate XML instance from XML schema (xsd) Author:(Deleted User) Date:28 Apr 2008 02:58 PM
Hi Kris,
we never thought of exposing this functionality through a command line, because (apart the fact that nobody asked for it) usually the machine-generated XML is not really useful as a final product. The final XML contains either hardcoded strings or random choices taken from the schema, and can be thought of being just a jumpstart for an editing session. A command line tool is usually meant to mass produce XML files, and in this case we didn't see a fit. What is your use case? How are you planning to use this functionality from the command line?