[Quickfix-developers] FIX repository XML -> Quickfix XML

[Peter L. <pet...@eQ...>]

Hello,

In an earlier post I have read Quickfix developers have some tools (XSLT?) 
which convert FIX repository XML files to Quickfix XML data dictionary, and 
also generates Quickfix source code (src/C++/fixXY/*).

Is it so? Is this tool free and available? I don't find it neither in the 
stable release, nor in the SVN checkout. I have modified FIX repository XML 
definition files from a fix vendor, which is based on FIX 4.2, but has a lot 
of changes compared to the standard, so it would be great if I could 
regenerate quickfix message definitions.

If I can't use such an existing tool, I'm about to:

1) Write an XSLT which creates a quickfix compatible XML. Like 
FIX42MyVendor.xml

2) Use it as a validator (with DataDictionary).

3) As I cannot generate the static C++ message definitions 
(src/C++/fix42MyVendor/*), as it is beyond my knowledge, I'm planning to use 
the "More Type Safe" way of receiving/sending messages as it is described in 
Quickfix documentation.

Is this looking to be a feasible way? I'm a novice in quickfix, and I don't 
yet see the connection between the DataDictionary and the real message 
definitions, but I suppose they are not related, except that both were 
generated from the same XML.

And can I do something "more" regarding type safety or automatic message 
validating?

Thanks,
Peter