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Hi,

I'm trying to implement ‘add parents’ functionality:
What java class I can used to search a list of parent elements (equivalent to xpath expression: //xs:element[descendant::xs:element/@ref='T0X']

example :
<T0X><p></T0X> after Add Parent action <T0Y> => <T0Y> <T0X><p></T0X> <T0Y>

Regards
Idak

Hi Idak,

I do not quite understand what you want to do. Maybe you could elaborate.

For editing in the Author mode you have some API methods evailable like:
and:
When editing in the Text page there is an API method like:
Regards,
Radu

Hi,
To search the list ChildrenElements I use this java code :
WhatElementsCanGoHereContext elementsCanGoHereContext;
elementsCanGoHereContext = authorSchemaManager.createWhatElementsCanGoHereContext(selectedNode.getStartOffset());
List<CIElement> elements = authorSchemaManager.getChildrenElements(elementsCanGoHereContext);

I want to get the list of parent elements (in xsd schemas) something like getParentElements ...

Regards,
Idak

Hi Idak,

One remark, the code you are currently using:
will not return the possible children in the current selected node but the possible children from it's parent (because selectedNode.getStartOffset() represents a position which is in front of the selected node and not inside it).

I think that you actually want to know the answer to this question:

In what other parents could this current element be inserted?

We do not have an API for this.

Regards,
Radu

OK Thanks,
Is it possible to load the xsd schema file and search the parent elements with xpath ? (//xs:element[descendant::xs:element/@ref='T0X'])

Regards,
Idak

Hi Idak,

You have API to create an XSLT transformer which could match the XPath in an XSLT stylesheet template:
But the XPath expression you want to use: //xs:element[descendant::xs:element/@ref='T0X'] might work in some cases but fail most in others. What if an element references a complex type which is defined in another place and that complex type references a child element? So it is not a general solution.

You could also probably uses the Xerces libraries already available in Oxygen's classpath to create an org.apache.xerces.xs.XSModel implementation which is a compiled version of a schema, with all references resolved.

Regards,
Radu