* Lukas Ocilka <lukas.ocilka@suse.cz> [Jul 04. 2007 11:59]:

Klaus Kaempf wrote:

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As part of hackweek project http://idea.opensuse.org/content/ideas/ycp-to-ruby-translator I just committed changeset #39159 to yast-core on svn trunk.

This changeset adds toXml() methods to all YCP and YCode classes, giving all ycp code and data structures a representation as XML.

Klaus, does it also support toYCP :)? See the attached file.

During the HackWeek I met with Benji and we've decided to use his XML format for 'some other' Installation/Repository handling. It would be nice to have both toXml and toYCP.

I fail to see the relation between a metapackage/repository description and YCP. The toXml() code 'just' converts, i.e. { integer i = 0; repeat { i = i + 1; if( i < 5 ) continue; break; } until( i > 10 ); return i == 5; } to <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ycp> <block kind="file"> <symbols> <entry global category="filename" type="<unspec>">../../../libycp/testsuite/tests/statements/Repeat-Until-Continue.ycp</entry> <entry category="variable" type="integer">i</entry> </symbols> <point>000</point> <statements> <assign><entry>i</entry><expr><const><int>0</int></const></expr></assign> <repeat> <do> <block kind="unspec"> <point>000</point> <statements> <assign><entry>i</entry><expr><yebinary><static name="+"><type kind="integer (integer, integer)"/></static><entry>i</entry><const><int>1</int></const></yebinary></expr></assign> <if><compare op="<"><entry>i</entry><const><int>5</int></const></compare><then><continue/></then></if> <break/> </statements> </block> </do> <until><compare op=">"><entry>i</entry><const><int>10</int></const></compare></until> </repeat> <return><compare op="=="><entry>i</entry><const><int>5</int></const></compare></return> </statements> </block> </ycp> Klaus --- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help@opensuse.org

* Lukas Ocilka <lukas.ocilka@suse.cz> [Jul 04. 2007 13:42]:

I see, so it converts YCP code to XML.

Right.

...and can it convert XML to YCP? No, there is currently no need for this.

Does it need a special XML format then?

Well, it spits out a far(!) from perfect xml structure which hopefully will be at a state one day where it can be used to convert YCP -> XML -> <insert-language-of-choice> Klaus --- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help@opensuse.org

* Benji Weber <b.weber@warwick.ac.uk> [Jul 04. 2007 20:51]:

On 04/07/07, Klaus Kaempf <kkaempf@suse.de> wrote:

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As part of hackweek project http://idea.opensuse.org/content/ideas/ycp-to-ruby-translator I just committed changeset #39159 to yast-core on svn trunk.

This changeset adds toXml() methods to all YCP and YCode classes, giving all ycp code and data structures a representation as XML.

Nice,

Could you post an example of how to consume this? i.e. How can one take some YCP and convert it to XML.

Just run ycpc -x -c filename.ycp and it will create filename.xml in the same directory. I'll write more on my blog. Klaus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help@opensuse.org