Re: RE : [Springframework-developer] DTD

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JP,

I agree, formalizing map support would be an improvement. I'm 
not sure we can do it for 0.8, though. Presently it's handled 
by a PropertyEditor.

I wonder if it means we should introduce additional container 
elements <list> and <map> into our DTD? e.g.:

<property name="simple"><value>val</value></property>
<property name="mappings">
 <map>
   <entry key="/welcome.html">pagedListController</entry>
   <entry key="/detail.html">pagedListController</entry>
 </map>
</property>

<property name="coll">
  <collection>
   <value>val</value>
   <ref bean="foo"/>
</collection>
</property>

It's getting still more verbose, but it would be easier to 
parse and is more elegant. (Don't need to guess whether a 
value/ref is part of a collection.)

I'm inclined to favour this. I could probably implement it by 
early next week (including maps).

Regards,
Rod