[gme-users] .xme attribute generation

[Aditya Agrawal]

Dear Jeff,

You wrote:
> I'm still not clear on this. I can't dump xme unless I
> load the mga file first, and if the version changes, I
> can't do that. I guess it's a question of which format
> (mga or xme) is likely to be more volatile. Or am I
> missing something?
> 

While creating the mga you will use an API that will insulate you from
the changes in the mga format. 

As for version changes, if you register a new version of the paradigm
and run your hypothetical AST2mga translator it will give you a file
that works with the new paradigm.

The only reason I suggested creating an mga file is because in my
opinion it will be much easier for you as there are many API's you can
choose from.

Thanks,
Adi

> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Larry Howard
> > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 11:23 AM
> > To: gme-users
> > Subject: Re: [gme-users] .xme attribute generation
> >
> >
> > Even so, having created a GME project directly, you could
> > then dump the xme. The advantange (or hope, at least) is to
> > isolate yourself from changes in the xme format and
> > its...well...subtleties.
> >
> > lph
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeff Parsons" <parsons at isis.vanderbilt.edu>
> > To: "gme-users" <gme-users at list.isis.vanderbilt.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 11:10 AM
> > Subject: RE: [gme-users] .xme attribute generation
> >
> >
> > Adi,
> >
> > If I create an mga file, then won't I get caught up in GME
> > versioning, the same as I would if I tried to load an mga
> > file from an earlier version of GME?
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Aditya Agrawal
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 10:40 AM
> > > To: gme-users
> > > Subject: RE: [gme-users] .xme attribute generation
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear  Jeff,
> > >
> > > You wrote:
> > > > Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't that dumper start
> > > with an MGA
> > > > representation? I'm starting with an Abstract Syntax Tree
> > > created by
> > > > parsing an IDL file, or set of IDL files. I'm not generating XML
> > > > directly, but using Xerces to build a DOM tree first. An MGA
> > > > representation is the end point of my process, rather than the
> > > > starting point.
> > > >
> > > [Adi]
> > > Why do you want to create the .xme file? Why not create the mga
> > > directly? You can use the COM API, UDM API or the BON 2 API
> > to create
> > > an mga file directly. Peter please correct me if I am wrong
> > about the
> > > BON 2 API.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Adi
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: gme-users-bounces at list.isis.vanderbilt.edu
> > > > > > [mailto:gme-users-bounces at list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] On
> > > Behalf Of
> > > > > > Jeff Parsons
> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 1:31 AM
> > > > > > To: gme-users
> > > > > > Subject: [gme-users] .xme attribute generation
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm looking at two in particular - 'relid' and
> > > 'childrelidcntr' -
> > > > > > and I'm trying to figure out how the Dump methods in
> > GME select
> > > > > > values for these things when exporting a model to
> > XML. A simple
> > > > > > rule applies for each:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > relid - starts at 0x0 in each scope and increments
> > > childrelidcntr
> > > > > > - total number of contained FCOs + Folders
> > > > > >
> > > > > > most of the time, but not always :(.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm writing a tool that does the reverse of an interpreter,
> > > > > > generating an *.xme file to be imported into GME, and
> > I want to
> > > > > > make sure I generate these values correctly. Can anyone
> > > shed some
> > > > > > light on this?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > thanks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jeff Parsons _______________________________________________
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