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presentsXML Using RADv2.0
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Learning Objectives

• Introduction to RAD
• XML support in RAD
• Creating a workspace
• Creating a new project
• Creating and editing XML files
• Setting XML Editor preferences

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Introduction to RAD

• Rational Application Developer (RAD)
• Based on Eclipse (workbench 3.2.2)
• Eclipse has a plugin architecture
• Plugin is a visual or non-visual feature
• RAD is a combination of Eclipse and a lot of
  plugins

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Introduction to RAD

• Terminology
• Workspace is a folder which contains other
  projects
• Project is a folder which contains project files
  and other artifacts

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Introduction to RAD
Specifying a Workspace
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Introduction to RAD

• Terminology
• Perspective is a group of related views and
  editors
• View
• Provides alternative presentation of the same
  information
• Ways to navigate through resources
• Editor allows you to edit a specific file.
  Different file types have different editors in
  RAD e.g. java, xml, dtd etc.

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Introduction to RAD
Editor
Perspective
Views
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XML Support in RAD

• RAD allows visual XML development
• For XML development, the Resource Perspective is
  used
• It contains built-in editors for
• XML
• DTDs
• Schemas
• XSL

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XML Support in RAD

• XML Editor is used for creating and viewing XML
  files
• You can create new XML files
• From scratch
• Using existing DTDs
• Using existing XML schemas
• Also used to validate xml files against DTDs or
  Schemas

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Creating a Workspace

• Open RAD and type the workspace name

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Creating a New Project

• File gt New gt Project

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Creating a New Project

• Choose the project type

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Creating a New Project

• Type the project name

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Creating an XML File

• Right-click on project and select New gt Other

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Creating an XML File

• Select XML

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Creating an XML File

• Choose the Create XML file from scratch radio
  button

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Creating an XML File

• Type the name of the XML file and click Finish

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Editing an XML File

• XML Editor has two views
• Design
• Source

Design View
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Editing an XML File

• Design View
• Shows XML file as a table and a tree
• Makes navigation and editing easier
• Values can be edited directly in the table cells,
  
• Pop-up menus give valid alternatives
• Especially helpful to do form-oriented editing

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Editing an XML File

• Design View
• Pop-up menu gives you the following alternatives
• Remove element
• Add DTD Information
• Edit Namespaces
• Add attribute
• Add child
• Add before
• Add after
• Replace with

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Editing an XML File

• Design View

Pop-up Menu options
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Editing an XML File
Source View
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Editing an XML File

• Features of Source View
• Syntax highlighting
• Unlimited undo/redo
• Content Assist
• Smart" double-clicking behavior

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Editing an XML File

• Smart Double-Click
• Double-clicking on an attribute once selects the
  attribute value

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Editing an XML File

• Smart Double-Click
• Double-clicking on an attribute the second time,
  selects the attribute value with quotes

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Editing an XML File

• Smart Double-Click
• Double-clicking on an attribute the third time,
  selects the attribute name-value pair

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Editing an XML File

• Smart Double-Click
• Double-clicking on an attribute the fourth time,
  selects the element start tag

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Editing an XML File

• Content Assist
• Content assist suggests useful continuations
• Usually used when xml document associated with a
  DTD or Schema
• Can be invoked by pressing CtrlSpace or the lt
  character

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Editing an XML File

• You can also edit an XML document in the Outline
  View

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Any Questions?