XML Editor exports compatible YADE .ini files from XML configuration files

Feature

• The XML Editor is used to create valid XML configuration files for YADE starting from release 1.11
• For YADE releases 1.9 and 1.10 the XML Editor can be used to convert valid XML configuration files to compatible .ini configuration files. This allows users to make use of the XML Editor including XSD schema and validation possibilities for YADE releases before 1.11

Operation

• A Plugin is provided that is automatically loaded by the XML Editor and that implements the functionality to convert the complete content of an editor tab to an .ini file by menu operation.
• To be discussed: A command line operation is available for headless execution of the converter

Samples

• Simple .ini file

  [Fragment_SFTPFragment@sftp_test2]
  protocol=sftp
  host=
  port=
  user=demo
  password=demo

  [Fragment_FTPFragment@ftp_test2]
  protocol=ftp
  host=
  port=
  user=demo
  password=demo

  [Profile_sftp_server_2_local_select_recursive]
  source_include=Fragment_SFTPFragment@sftp_test2
  target_include=Fragment_FTPFragment@ftp_test2

  operation=copy
  target_directory=/tmp

Delimitations

• The XSD Schema for release 1.11 includes more capabilities for configuration than previous releases can perform. Therefore not all available configuration items are converted to previous releases.
• For release 1.11 a migration utility is planned that will be able to process .ini files created by the converter back to XML configuration files.