Re: [sca-assembly] A few questions on the SCA proprty values

[Anish Karmarkar <Anish.Karmarkar@oracle.com>]

+1

In addition, I noticed that the file attribute is allowed for component 
properties but not composite properties. Any particular reason why this 
is so?

-Anish
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David Booz wrote:
> Hopefully someone is going to open an issue for the points below. In 
> addition, we should also clarify how the prop1.txt file itself is 
> resolved. For example, if the URI pointing to the file is relative, it 
> should be relative to the contribution which contains the composite that 
> is referencing the file.
> 
> Dave Booz
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> Raymond,
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> Yours, Mike.
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> From: 	Raymond Feng <rfeng@us.ibm.com>
> To: 	sca-assembly@lists.oasis-open.org
> Date: 	03/08/2009 22:24
> Subject: 	[sca-assembly] A few questions on the SCA proprty values
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> Hi,
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> I have a few questions on the SCA property values.
> 
> 1. Is a) a valid property definition in the composite file? If I 
> understand the text in Assembly spec line 991 (As a value, supplied as 
> the content of the property element.), it should be valid.
> 
> a) <property name="prop1" type="xsd:string">ABC</property>
> *
> <mje>Yes, this is valid. It was discussed in a recent Assembly meeting 
> when considering a related Issue resolution</mje>*
> 
> Please note that prop1 is a string property and the value "ABC" is the 
> direct text under <property>. I understand that it can be expressed in 
> two other variants:
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> b) <property name="prop1" type="xsd:string" value="ABC"/>
> c) <property name="prop1" type="xsd:string">
> <value>ANC</value>
> </property>
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> <mje>Yes, these are valid</mje>*
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> 3. If the property value is specified using @file, for example,
> 
> <property name="prop1" file="prop1.txt"/>
> 
> How should the content of "prop1.txt" be used? As the textural inclusion 
> or XML inclusion? Please note if the "prop1" can have many values 
> (@many="true"), we need to define multiple instances of the property 
> value in "prop1.txt". In such cases, the content cannot be a well-formed 
> XML document as there is no single root element.
> *
> <mje>It is textural inclusion, but the spec does not say so, and so the 
> spec could well do with clarification</mje>*
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> Two examples are listed below:
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> a) Single value:
> <value 
> xmlns="_http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200903_";>ABC</value>
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> b) Multiple values:
> <value xmlns="_http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200903_";>1</value>
> <value xmlns="_http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200903_";>2</value>
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> <mje>These are valid</mje>*
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> Thanks,
> Raymond
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