Node display

Author: Damien Guillaume

An essential feature in Jaxe is the possibility to display and edit XML element in different ways, whatever their types in the XML schema. For instance, a table element can be displayed as a table, and an element linking to an image can be displayed as an image. The objective is to ease document editing, without losing of sight their semantics : elements will not be displayed as they will be seen in web pages or PDF documents, but simply with a user interface making edition easier and highlighting the meaning of the elements.

Element definition

Element display
Specifies how an element will be displayed in Jaxe
Parameter
A display parameter, depending on the display type (see below for a list).
Suggested value
Value suggested to the user when the schema does not limit authorized values.
Attribute display
Can be used to suggest attribute values.
PI plugin
Plugin to use to display processing instructions.
XML comment plugin
Plugin to use to display XML comments.

Element tree

Element tree under Display :

Display (Element display | PI plugin | XML comment plugin)+
- Element display @element @type (Parameter | Suggested value | Attribute display)*
  - Parameter @name @value
  - Suggested value
  - Attribute display @attribute (Suggested value+)
    - Suggested value
- PI plugin @target (Parameter+)
  - Parameter @name @value
- XML comment plugin (Parameter+)
  - Parameter @name @value