I think Brian is correct. XML attributes have no defined order other than the obvious alphabetical order, which might be an implementation detail. Even so, I wonder if logic could be written to maximize resolution. If a property is found to not be resolved, it could be deferred until other attributes are processed. If after all attributes are processed, a property is still not resolved, then so be it. But it would make sense to try. If it were to pose a performance issue, it could be an option of XMLProperty defaulting to 'false'. I'm not sure how complex the logic might be, but I would think it's doable.
Jake Quoting Brian Agnew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi - > > I don't believe there's any concept of attribute ordering in XML (and > hence in any DOM implementation). See http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/, > section 3.1 > > Brian > > Steve Loughran wrote: > > Jacob, > > > > I've been looking at teh xmlproperty source. The order the task works > > through attrs is driven by the order it comes from the DOM in > > node.getAttributes(): > > > > > > if (node.hasAttributes()) { > > > > NamedNodeMap nodeAttributes = node.getAttributes(); > > > > // Is there an id attribute? > > Node idNode = nodeAttributes.getNamedItem(ID); > > id = (semanticAttributes && idNode != null > > ? idNode.getNodeValue() : null); > > > > // Now, iterate through the attributes adding them. > > for (int i = 0; i < nodeAttributes.getLength(); i++) { > > > > Node attributeNode = nodeAttributes.item(i); > > > > if (!semanticAttributes) { > > String attributeName = > > getAttributeName(attributeNode); > > String attributeValue = > > getAttributeValue(attributeNode); > > addProperty(prefix + attributeName, > > attributeValue, null); > > } else { > > > > String nodeName = attributeNode.getNodeName(); > > String attributeValue = > > getAttributeValue(attributeNode); > > > > > > Being an XML person, perhaps you can answer some details that are not > > in the javadocs. > > > > 1. What is the ordering in node.getAttributes() according to the > > normative DOM specification? > > > > 2. If we want attributes in declaration order, how do we do it? Go > > through all child nodes and only pick up things that are in the right > > order. > > > > 3. Does the same ordering appear when running Ant with the older > > version of Xerces? > > > > XmlProperty is all dom based. If we cannot get stuff except in alpha > > order, then we are going to have to live with it and document the fact. > > > > -Steve > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Brian Agnew http://www.oopsconsultancy.com > OOPS Consultancy Ltd brian @ oopsconsultancy.com > Tel: +44 (0)7720 397526 > Fax: +44 (0)20 8682 0012 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
