Peter Donald wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Aug 2002 22:23, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote:
>
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>>donaldp 2002/08/28 04:50:59
>>>
>>> Modified:
>>>containerkit/src/java/org/apache/excalibur/containerkit/tools/infobuilder
>>>componentinfo.dtd XMLInfoCreator.java
>>>
>>>containerkit/src/java/org/apache/excalibur/containerkit/demo/components
>>>Component1-info.xml
>>> Log:
>>> Allow attributes to have their data specified as content rather than as
>>>value of an attribute.
>>>
>>>
>>> + <attribute key="foo" value="bar"/>
>>> + <attribute key="foo2">
>>> + blah blah blah
>>> + </attribute>
>>
>>Any real need for this?
>>It creates confusion with the handling of newlines, and consistency
>>with usual Configurations that in practice usually never use content.
>
>
> Theres a need. I am generating web pages for each component that describes the
> component and dependencies and so forth. Part of the descriptor is including
> a description string and when you try to put it in an attribute it gets real
> ugly. ie Try putting four paragraphs of escaped html in an attribute and you
> will see what I mean ;)
;-)
Ok, I understand the need, but then, why under the attributes?
Why not a <description> taga ala Ant, it doesn't seem like a generic
attribut to me...
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