[XW-1037] param value inconsistency between xwork-1.0.dtd and xwork-validator-1.0.dtd

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-beta1
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta1
• Component/s: Validators
• Environment: jre 1.4.1 on win2k
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Brian Nahas
• Created: 22/Apr/03 22:30
• Updated: 18/Jun/12 07:29
• Resolved: 23/Apr/03 08:00

Description

In xwork.xml, parameter values are specified as text elements. In validation xml files, they are specified as text attributes. e.g.:

xwork.xml:
...
<param name="myParam">
myValue
</param>
...

xwork-validation.xml:
...
<param name="myParam" value="myValue"/>
...

It'd be nice if they were consistent. I'm in favor of changing xwork-validator-1.0.dtd to have param values specified as text elements. That way, complicated expressions are more readable. Furthermore, if you create a new validator that uses a scripting language, you'll have more room to work with. I know you could just use a CDATA expression, but I think changing the dtd is cleaner.