Hello,

I’m working on the Magritte-XMLBinding package. With this package you can export Magritte objects as XML and read Magritte described objects from XML. I would like to have a nice simple API that is easy to understand. I’m looking for some feedback.

Assume we have the following description:

MXPerson>>descriptionName

            ^MAStringDescription new

                        accessor: #name;

                        label: 'Name';

If we want to export the name property as a xml element we add the beXmlElement message. By default it will add an extra element with the accessor name as the element name and the value as the element contents:

<MXPerson>

            <name>Pete</name>

</MXPerson>

Optionally we can specify an alternative xml element name:

description

            beXmlElement;

            xmlElementName: 'person-name'.

Or do you like this API better?

description

            beXmlElement: 'person-name'.

The output:

<MXPerson>

            <person-name>Pete</person-name>

</MXPerson>

It is also possible to store a property as an xml attribute of the parent element:

description

            beXmlAttribute.

<MXPerson name='Pete'>

</MXPerson>

Or in a property of a separate element:

description

            beXmlElementWithAttribute

<MXPerson>

            <name value='Pete' />

 </MXPerson>

The element and attribute names can be customized:

description

beXmlElementWithAttribute;

xmlElementName: 'xname';

xmlAttributeName: 'yvalue'.

OR:

description

beXmlElement: 'xname' withAttribute: 'yvalue'.