Re: [Springframework-developer] Import tag for XML bean definitions

[Andy D. <an...@ma...>]

I like having this option.  One thought this triggered in my head is the=20
possibility of having application oriented XML config files.  In other word=
s,=20
config files that are oriented around your app so that they become easier t=
o=20
work with for the masses.  ActiveMQ and Mule are two systems that allow you=
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to either configure via Spring or configure via a native XML that is=20
typically easier to work with.  ActiveMQ actually uses XSL internally to=20
translate from the ActiveMQ oriented XML config to a Spring config.  So,=20
having said all this, would it make sense to add an xsl (or transform-with)=
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attribute to the import tag?  I could then do something like this:
  <beans>
    <import resource=3D"app-config.xml" transform-with=3D"app-to-spring.xsl=
"/>
    ...
  </beans>

  Thoughts?

    - Andy

On Thursday 16 September 2004 01:22 am, j=FCrgen h=F6ller [werk3AT] wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> During an extra evening I had to spend at an airport hotel in Rome, I've
> implemented an "import" tag for XML bean definitions:
>
> http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/spring/browse/SPR-137
>
> Basically, you can put any number of "import" tags at the beginning of be=
an
> definition files:
>
> <beans>
>
>   <import resource=3D"myImport1.xml"/>
>   <import resource=3D"myImport2.xml"/>
>
>   <bean ... />
>
> </beans>
>
> The resource locations are interpreted as relative to the file that
> contains the import tags. Effectively, this is delegated to the
> "createRelative" method on the Resource interface, invoked on the Resource
> object for the containing file. ("createRelative" has already been
> introduced in 1.1 final.)
>
> I'll commit this tonight, provided that there aren't any objections. While
> I'm not gonna recommend this feature too much, as I personally prefer a
> "contextConfigLocation" that refers to multiple files, I still believe th=
at
> an import tag is a useful addition. In particular, some people are used to
> such a feature from Ant and XWork...
>
> Juergen
>
>
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