Re: Choice between complextContent and complexType

Hi Karl,
     One way is to use the type alternative construct from XML Schema
1.1. Here's probably something we may be able to do for this use case
(this is untested),

<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

     <xs:element name="description" type="xs:anyType">
           <xs:alternative test="@isExt = true()" type="EXT_formInputTypes"/>
	   <xs:alternative type="SEQ_TYPE"/>
     </xs:element>

    <xs:complexType name="EXT_formInputTypes">
          <xs:complexContent>
	        <xs:extension base="formInputTypes">
		      <xs:attribute name="isExt" type="xs:boolean" default="1"/>
		</xs:extension>
	  </xs:complexContent>
    </xs:complexType>

    <xs:complexType name="SEQ_TYPE">
           <xs:sequence>
	        <xs:element name="column" type="COL_TYPE"/>	<!-- COL_TYPE is
undefined. could be xs:string for e.g -->
	   </xs:sequence>
	   <xs:attribute name="isExt" type="xs:boolean"/>
    </xs:complextype>

</xs:schema>

As per this example, by default the type of "description" is
EXT_formInputTypes. But if we add an attribute isExt = 0 (false) to
"description" in the instance document, the type of "description"
would be SEQ_TYPE.

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Karl Stubsjoen <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have an element "description", who should either extend the
> complexType "formInputTypes" or contain a sequence of "column"
> elements.  Is this possible?
>
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> Karl Stubsjoen
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Mukul Gandhi