Many thanks, I have been looking a lot a XForms and have come to the understanding and might be wrong that the XForms provides the ability to create forms that are not coupled with a particular view technology like HTML, the forms are build using XML and rendered appropriately for the requesting device. I decided to move my exploration away from XForms because this type of functionality is great but not my key objective.
I don't mind if my forms are in HTML but my form must be generated dynamically from an XML data structure defining an applications configuration and I am thinking a XSLT could define the form to represent that data and alter the data structure. As I can see an XForms XML doc could define the form as I think the XSLT could and provide the transformation with a browser plugin. Unfortunately as I have found the plugins only support MS IE6 and would be a big limitation on the application. Please correct me if I am wrong or missing something. I am going to read up on JAXB, XMLBeans, XUpdate. Many Thanks, Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Jasnowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:51 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: [OT] -- Editing XML > > First off, what you describe is possible. There are probably a number of > ways to accomplish this, you might want to consider using something like > XML > binding for working with the XML data structures directly. There are > frameworks like JAXB, XMLBeans, etc. that enable you to work wtih XML > documents in a more business object oriented or just plain java object > fashion, rather than using DOM. You might also consider using XSLT > directly > to transform the document, using something like XUpdate that can describe > changes to an XML document using an XML grammar. Then there's XForms, > which > is intended to solve some of the same problems. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Hess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:36 PM > To: Struts > Subject: [OT] -- Editing XML > > > Hi All, > > > > I have been assigned to add functionality to my STRUTS app that provides > the ability to alter many 3rd party defined XML data structures. It would > like to take a 3rd party XML data structure and defined XSLT to create a > HTML form for editing the underling XML data structure. Only requiring > basic > input validation maybe from a schema. When the form has been completed and > submitted the XML data structure would be recreated with the new input > values. I need to do this in a generic way so that the same application > can > process and edit any defined XML data structure. > > > > XML/XSLT a HTML FORM a XML > > > > Can I do this? > > > > Are there any tools out there that enable this? > > > > Could a 3rd party define a XML data structure and XSLT that would create > a > HTML form for editing the data structure? > > > > Any comments/input is greatly appreciated, I have been assigned this > task > and have no idea if it is possible or where to start. > > > > Many Thanks, > > > > Greg Hess > > Software Engineer > > Wrapped Apps Corporation > > 275 Michael Cowpland Dr. > > Suite 201 > > Ottawa, Ontario > > K2M 2G2 > > Tel: (613) 591 -7552 > > Fax: (613) 591-0523 > > 1 (877) 388-6742 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
