Data reporting application programming interfaces in an xml parser generator for xml validation and deserialization

Abstract

A method for interfacing with an XML (Extensible Markup Language) parser generator to generate deserialization information interleaved with XML parsing and validation, including: providing an XML parser generator with information about the schema which the instance data conforms to; providing a data reporting application programming interface (API) and a generator module; providing one or more implementations of the data reporting API; providing the XML parser generator with a selected data reporting API implementation module; generating an XML parser to parse and validate instance documents conforming to the specified input schema and deserializing the instance documents into the desired deserialization format during the parse.

1 . A method for interfacing with an XML (Extensible Markup Language) parser generator to generate deserialization information interleaved with XML parsing and validation, the method comprising:
 providing an XML parser generator with information about the schema which the instance data conforms to;   providing a data reporting application programming interface (API) and a generator module;   providing one or more implementations of the data reporting API;   providing the XML parser generator with a selected data reporting API implementation module;   generating an XML parser to parse and validate instance documents conforming to the specified input schema and deserializing the instance documents into the desired deserialization form during the parse.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data reporting API is used to generate code that creates appropriate data structures to store the instance data, assign values to the data structures, and allocate space. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data reporting API is used to generate code that creates an event stream representation of the instance data. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein two types of information is exchanged between the data reporting API and the XML parser generator. 
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein a first type of information describes a current context that the XML parser generator is currently generating code for. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein a second type of information involves how the instance data is referenced during runtime and how the XML parser generator refers to the referenced instance data for parsing and validation requirements. 
   
   
       7 . A computer program product for interfacing with an XML (Extensible Markup Language) parser generator to generate deserialization information interleaved with XML parsing and validation, the computer program product comprising:
 a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
 providing an XML parser generator with information about the schema which the instance data conforms to; 
 providing a data reporting application programming interface (API) and a generator module; 
 providing one or more implementations of the data reporting API; 
 providing the XML parser generator with a selected data reporting API implementation module; 
 generating an XML parser to parse and validate instance documents conforming to the specified input schema and deserializing the instance documents into the desired deserialization form during the parse. 
   
   
   
       8 . The computer program product of  claim 7 , wherein the data reporting API is used to generate code that creates appropriate data structures to store the instance data, assign values to the data structures, and allocate space. 
   
   
       9 . The computer program product of  claim 7 , wherein the data reporting API is used to generate code that creates an event stream representation of the instance data. 
   
   
       10 . The computer program product of  claim 7 , wherein two types of information is exchanged between the data reporting API and the XML parser generator. 
   
   
       11 . The computer program product of  claim 10 , wherein a first type of information describes a current context that the XML parser generator is currently generating code for. 
   
   
       12 . The computer program product of  claim 10 , wherein a second type of information involves how the instance data is referenced during runtime and how the XML parser generator refers to the referenced instance data for parsing and validation requirements.