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.
> 
> 
> 

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