I have a xml schema like the one being shown below but I have noticed that it would be very complicated to maintain.
I want to improve the current schema in one of the following ways but I am not sure if they would be the best/correct route:
Option 1: Use a reference of all elements of movieDetails
within movies
.
Option 2: Add movieDetails
as a sub-element of movies
(which I frankly am struggling to achieve)
Which route would be best and what would be the best way to structure it?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace="http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/AmazingMovies"
xmlns:tns="http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/AmazingMovies"
elementFormDefault="qualified">
<xsd:complexType name="movies">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="Title" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="Director" type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="Year" type="xsd:int"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="movieDetails">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="Actor" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="numberOfCast" type="xsd:int"></xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="releaseDate" type="xsd:date"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:element name="OnDisplay">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence >
<xsd:element name="collectionOfMovies" type="tns:movies" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>
Extra information
OnDisplay
element would add all elements ofmovies
into a list in order to use them when unMarshalling. However, I want to also addmovieDetails
ontoOnDisplay
, therefore, it would be convenient to have them included inmovies
as a ref, sub-element or another form.
Tried the following methods but failed XML validation
Method 1
<xsd:element name="MoviesAndDetails">
<xsd:complexType name="movies">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="Title" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="Director" type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="Year" type="xsd:int"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="movieDetails">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="Actor" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="numberOfCast" type="xsd:int"> </xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="releaseDate" type="xsd:date"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
Method 2
<xsd:complexType name="MoviesAndDetails">
<xsd:complexType name="movies">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="Title" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="Director" type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="Year" type="xsd:int"/>
<xsd:element ref="Actor"/>
<xsd:element ref="numberOfCast"/>
<xsd:element ref="releaseDate"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="movieDetails">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="Actor" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="numberOfCast" type="xsd:int"> </xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="releaseDate" type="xsd:date"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
If you want to have a
movieDetails
element as a child ofcollectionOfMovies
, then you could add amovieDetails
element of typetns:movieDetails
to the sequence ofmovies
elements.