xsde

XSD/e is an open-source, dependency-free XML Schema to C++ compiler for mobile, embedded, and light-weight applications. It provides XML parsing, serialization, XML Schema validation, and XML data binding while maintaining a small footprint and portability.

For further information, refer to the XSD/e project page.

Usage

XSD/e consists of several packages with the main ones being xsde (the XML Schema to C++ compiler) and libxsde (the runtime library). There are also xsde-tests and xsde-examples packages.

When specifying dependencies on the XSD/e packages in your project, the xsde package should be a build-time dependency. The libxsde library can be configured differently depending on your project needs via the config.libxsde.* configuration variables (see libxsde/build/root.build for the available variables).

So, putting it all together, your project's manifest would normally have the following fragment if using the default libxsde configuration:

depends: * xsde ^3.4.0
depends: libxsde ^3.4.0

Or, for example, the following fragment if your project needs to configure libxsde not to use STL, iostream, or C++ exceptions:

depends: * xsde ^3.4.0
depends:
\
libxsde ^3.4.0
{
  prefer
  {
    config.libxsde.stl = false
    config.libxsde.iostream = false
    config.libxsde.exceptions = false
  }

  accept (!$config.libxsde.stl && \
          !$config.libxsde.iostream && \
          !$config.libxsde.exceptions)
}
\

Then your buildfile would have something along these lines:

import! [metadata] xsde = xsde%exe{xsde}

import libs = libxsde%lib{xsde}

Note that the xsde executable provides build2 metadata.

The compilation of XML Schema to C++ can be implemented using ad hoc recipes or rules. See the xsde-examples package for the complete examples.