I had actually started down the path of writing an XSD generator myself a while back. I abandoned it at the time due to time constraints, but I had started to wonder if DTD might be a better way to go, since it would avoid the typing issues. Either way, I agree that "real" code completion support would be a much better alternative.
On May 4, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Dirk Möbius wrote: > FYI: I tried to write a JavaDoc doclet that outputs a XML schema definition > file for Pivot's components. I came to the conclusion that it's virtually > impossible to define a correct deterministic XML schema for WTKX. I > documented my futile attempt here: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIVOT-385 > > I now think that time is better spend to develop proper code completion > plugins for the major IDEs (Eclipse, Netbeans, IntelliJ) because of the > highly dynamic nature of a WTKX/BTXK file. I'm starting to write a plugin for > IntelliJ, my favorite IDE, but since I am totally new to IntelliJ plugin > development, it will take some time. > > Regards, > Dirk. > > >
