[Paraview] Plugin xml checker?

[Michael Jackson]

Understand and agree. I would also like to see an official "dtd" file  
for the XML files. Lots of XML editors have "validation" commands that  
will make sure the XML conforms to the DTD spec which can help remove  
some xml related bugs that pop up (not well formed, missing tags,  
attribtutes).
   Also, for advanced XML tools like the ones included in Eclipse and  
NetBeans, the DTD can enable xml "Code Completion" which helps when  
trying to develop the XML in the first place. This helps the user use  
the correct tags and attributes for a given tag. It also would help  
explore the possible tags, versus diving in to the ParaView source  
code and skimming some of the XML files in there.

THanks for letting my "Hijack" the thread Dave..

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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio

On Dec 3, 2009, at 11:38 AM, David Doria wrote:

> Is there any tool available to "check" an xml file before loading it?
> Often when I apply a plugin filter, Paraview simply crashes. It is
> always due to an error in my xml file, but I have to go searching for
> it manually. Could something be developed to do things like ensure
> when you have command="SetUseAutoRadius" that SetUseAutoRadius()
> actually exists in the filter? Currently when a plugin fails there is
> a lot of guess work and manual hunting that would be nice to replace
> by some kind of automatic parser/checker/tester.
>
> Does anyone understand what I mean / agree?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
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