[Paraview] Plugin xml checker?

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Sure! But you are asking more that simple xml-validity checks. You
also want to ensure that SetUseAutoRadius actually exists on the
vtk-class and is call-able etc. That's far more complicated than it
sounds. However to a great deal, ParaView does give verbose
abort-messages in such cases to help user identify missing commands
etc. To qualify your comment, ParaView doesn't simply crash when such
a filter is created, it aborts with error messages (ofcourse on
windows that may seem no different that crashing -- but on linux when
running from a terminal, I see nice error messages before it aborts).

Utkarsh

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:38 AM, David Doria <daviddoria at gmail.com> 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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