[Idrs-dev] RML is now XML!!!!!!!

[Marc B. <mbo...@ya...>]

A big leap forward has been made for the IDRS.  The IDRS compilation is
now based on a 100% xml dialect (with a schema and everything)!!!! For
those who have not yet viewed the project description on the web site,
here's the jist of it:

1.  The current RML Specification is now the RML Macro Scpecification
2.  There is now an RML schema as well as a transformation document

On compilation the following steps occurr in a pipeline:

RML Macro Page ----Macro To XML Translator---> XML Page conforming to
RML schema ---SAX Parsing of document---> Compilation units ----> RML
Object Tree

All the major functionality seems to work (though I haven't thouroughly
tested everything).  I have updated InsertToIDRS as well as the
deployment tool.  With this in place, as well as Tim's work on the
servlet part I think we now have a clear path to IDRS 2.0:

1.  Finish testing XML compilation
2.  Update documentation for XML compilation
3.  Polish the compilation system for more descriptive errors for easier
RML development
4.  Add the <navnext> and <navprev> tags in conjunction with
data-paging, a feature that was in IDRS 1.5, but not in 2.0 as yet.
5.  Add a <set-properties> tag to the <object> tag.  This will allow for
beans to be used in the IDRS with shorted <method> tags.
6.  Finish servlet re-vamp (I will help Tim on this once I have
completed the RML front-end work)
7.  Add documentation to cover advanced business logic, file upload, and
page design.

TEST TEST TEST

With this done we will have reached IDRS 2.0 and a real heavy hitting
web development platform!

Marc Boorshtein