[xsd-users] Parsing mixed content

[Fred OLeary]

Thanks Boris!

On 2/16/14 8:07 AM, "Boris Kolpackov" <boris at codesynthesis.com> wrote:

>Hi Fred,
>
>Fred OLeary <fred at essentel.com> writes:
>
>> Our XSD for this is of the form:
>>     <xs:complexType name="foobar" mixed="true">
>>         <xs:attribute name="attriubute1" type="xs:string"
>>use="optional"/>
>>     </xs:complexType>
>
>The simplest solution is to change (I would even say "fix") your schema:
>
>  <xs:complexType name="foobar">
>    <xs:simpleContent>
>      <xs:extension base="xs:string">
>        <xs:attribute name="attriubute1" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
>      </xs:extension>
>    </xs:simpleContent>
>  </xs:complexType>
>
>
>> I would like the generated classes to contain methods to retreive the
>> content if is present and hopefully a method to indicate if content is
>> available
>
>If you cannot change your schema, then the other two options are:
>
>1. Use the DOM association feature. This approach is shown in the
>   'mixed' example.
>
>2. Customize the generated class to extract the content and provide
>   the desired API. This approach is shown in the 'custom/mixed'
>   example. 
>
>Boris
>