Reducing application code complexity with vocabulary-specific XML language bindings

The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) has become a ubiquitous data exchange and storage format. A variety of tools are available for incorporating XML-based data into applications. The most common XML tools (such as parsers for SAX and DOM) provide low-level vocabulary-independent interfaces, which can make it hard to develop and debug robust applications. This paper examines tools for generating vocabulary-specific XML-toC++ language mappings and shows how they can reduce key sources of complexity associated with developing object-oriented XML-based applications. The paper also presents criteria for evaluating tools that generate vocabulary-specific language mappings and applies these criteria to compare five tools for this purpose: XML Spy, Xbinder, Object Link, Liquid XML Data Binding Wizard, and XML Schema Compiler (XSC). Our results show that XSC is the only tool that provides a complete vocabulary-specific mapping, alignment with the C++ Standard Library, and code portability, wh...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ACMSE
• Authors: Jules White, Boris Kolpackov, Balachandran Natarajan, Douglas C. Schmidt
• Keywords: ACMSE 2005, Language Mappings, Theoretical Computer Science, Tool, Vocabulary-specific Language Mappings