Ales, just attend one of interoperability events involving a flavor of
xml and you will realize the value of schema validation.
We need to maintain proper order based on schema IMO.
Alexey Loubyansky wrote:
Because you have a schema and in the schema you use sequences. If you
want, use xsd:all instead I don't mind (although it has limitations).
XML must be valid and Java binding consistent with schemas. Or you can
take over metadata :)
Ales Justin wrote:
> Why is actually order so important?
>
> I for one don't care how MC beans are described.
> Or any other xml for that matter.
>
> I would say just the contrary,
> while I remember what are some elements and attributes
> I will never remember the right order.
> And if I don't have some fancy IDE, e.g. plain notepad or joe,
> it's like a lottery to get it right. :-)
>
> Alexey Loubyansky wrote:
>> David M. Lloyd wrote:
>>> So for those of us who are mostly JAXB-ignorant - if I give
>>> propOrder={} this means that no additional order (beyond what's in
>>> the XSD, if validation is enabled) will be enforced, right? So I
>>> should be adding this to every XmlType in my MC metadata class
>>> definitions?
>>
>> Yes, propOrder should match the order in the XSD. And, of course,
>> XML should follow the same order.
>>
>> Make sure it's all consistent before the next release.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alexey