Re: [GNUe-dev] GCD samples

[Jason Cater]

I have two questions/concerns with the GCD format. 

    <property name="code"  type="string(3)"    ...>

Why have type= be a composite attribute, instead of having two separate 
attributes: type="string" size="3" ?

The only reason I ask is this would really complicate creating any design 
tools (a GNUe Designer module, etc), as then you can't just have simple 
controls, like a Combo Box with (string|number|...) and an edit field for the 
sizes. 

Also, 

    <property name="upd"        type="UPDATE_Update" />

Seems to me that you're only asking for trouble later on by having the 
type=".." serve two functions, one being a static list of data types and the 
other being a referenced field. It might make more sense to have "type=" be a 
limited, controlled list (like type="string|number|reference") and adding 
another attribute for the referenced properties; i.e., the example above 
would be:

    <property name="upd"        type="reference"  reference="UPDATE_Update" />

Maybe "reference" isn't the ideal keyword to use, but I having dug deep into 
the appserver terminology yet. 

These are my only two concerns wrt being able to do a GNUe Designer module, 
and to be able to take better advantage of existing integrity tools. 

-- Jason 



On Wednesday 09 June 2004 05:53 pm, kilo wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have created some new sample GCD files based on gnue-packages and
> Hungarian "common logic".
>
> They can be viewed at http://www.gnuenterprise.org/~kilo/newGCD where
> you will find GCD files (with extension '.txt', that should be cut off
> in production) and corresponding Dia and PNG files.
>
> Please check and review them, I would be glad to hear your opinion.
>
> kilo
> Gabor Kmetyko
>
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