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Joined: 5/12/2008
Posts: 2
Location: Vancouver
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Hi,
In my XSD, I have this element called shipCase:
1) its type is someType1, and
2) it also has bunch of other child elements hanging from it, which are unrelated to shipCaseType.
Now I am trying to change its type to someType2. What I expected is: all those child elements that I mentioned in above point 2 will remain; however what really happened is that they got all erased.
This is annoying. Is there a preference or set up somewhere that lets me to customize this and make it more useful?
Thanks,
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Rank: Newbie
Joined: 5/12/2008
Posts: 2
Location: Vancouver
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To make it simpler and less specific, I made up the following XSD:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
<xs:element name="root">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Comment describing your root element</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="someChild">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="someType1">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="someGrandChild"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:complexType name="someType1"/>
<xs:complexType name="someType2"/>
</xs:schema>
As you can see, node someChild has type someType1, and it has a child someGrandChild. Now if I switch someChild's type from someType1 to someType2 from the GUI tool, node someGrandCHild is erased:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
<xs:element name="root">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Comment describing your root element</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="someChild" type="someType2"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:complexType name="someType1"/>
<xs:complexType name="someType2"/>
</xs:schema>
Obviously I can go to the text view of the XSD and switch the type myself by change one character from 1 to 2, the XSD is still valid:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
<xs:element name="root">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Comment describing your root element</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="someChild">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="someType2">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="someGrandChild"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:complexType name="someType1"/>
<xs:complexType name="someType2"/>
</xs:schema>
However I should not have to do this myself, and the GUI interface should handle this properly for me.
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