Re: [jamboost] Re: [Boost.build v2 (1.32.0)] Writing an extension for LEIF (XSD to C++ Class Ge

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-15 08:34:03

On Wednesday 13 July 2005 15:38, greg_sylvain wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. Sorry for the mis-direct posting.
>
> LEIF's xsd2cpp tool generates a C++ class for each xsd:complexType
> defined
> in the XSD schema. Accordingly, you can get a lot of classes from a
> single schema file. All of the class files have a respective '.h'
> header file for a respective implentation file ('.cpp').
>
> In addition, the tool can take a configuration file that can re-map
> any complexType element names to the respective C++ class name you
> desire. For instance, all of our complexTypes are spelled out in
> lower case and underscores, while our C++ class names use Hungarian
> notation of mixed case class names. That it, the XSD complexType
> ruleset_directive is remaped to become the C++ class RulesetDirective.

This complicates matters quite a bit! 

At the moment:
1. Boost.Build should know the list of sources to compile before running the 
first command.
2. Boost.Build cannot extract anything from source files.

The best solution I have in mind is to build Boost.Jam with Python support, 
and write Python code that will scan the .xml file and extract the names from 
there. Would such a solution acceptable for you?

- Volodya

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Vladimir Prus
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