Joseph, Best way to learn for what you need to is to look at the implementation of xsd2inst tool: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xmlbeans/trunk/src/tools/org/apache/xmlbeans/impl/xsd2inst/SchemaInstanceGenerator.java?view=markup
Cezar On May 6, 2014, at 11:19 AM, jgagnon <[email protected]> wrote: > I am working on a project where we are trying to dynamically generate XML > instances, using the information gleaned from a defining XML schema. The > instances will represent test cases for a given "message" type. > > I've experimented with the XMLBeans schema type system to get useful > information about the types defined in the schema, such as the structure > (sequences, choices, etc.), min/max occurs and various restrictions > (enumerations, patterns, etc.). This information will be used to determine > what types of test cases will be generated for a given message element. > > I'm at the point where I'd like to use the XMLBeans Java API to > programmatically generate XML document instances. Of course, I would need to > compile the schema to generate a Java library of classes that represent the > Java form of the message types (and supporting types). > > What I don't know is how to dynamically use the generated API to create an > object hierarchy representing a test case. The hierarchy would represent a > message instance (which may or may not be valid or complete based on the > test case), with element content populated with test data. > > I cannot seem to find the information from the schema type system that would > allow me to "bridge" between the schema information and the specific > generated API classes that would need to be used to generate the object > hierarchy. > > I assume if this information is available, I would then need to use > reflection to create the objects and set their values and attributes. > > Does anyone have suggestions? > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://xmlbeans.996285.n3.nabble.com/Dynamic-generation-of-XML-object-hierarchy-using-schema-tp7501.html > Sent from the XMLBeans User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
