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Is there any software that can generate all valid XML instances from a specified XML schema? The nearest I could find is "XML Monkey" on sourceforge.net, which hasn't released any code yet. In my particular application, I am testing the XML import-export capabilities of a certain complex class of ours (call it class Foo). I want to use this software (that I'm looking for) to generate all valid XML instances from our Foo.xsd, then instantiate a Foo and set its values by importing each XML instance, then exporting each resulting Foo instance to XML, and finally checking that the original XML instance is XML-equal to the XML that the Foo exported. Clearly I'm over-generalizing when I require that the software generate "all valid XML instances" (per the schema), since that could easily be an infinite number of instances; even a totally finite schema can lead to a computationally unreasonable number of XML instances to test. So more realistically I want the software to generate the boundary conditions: minOccurs, maxOccurs (if it's finite), and maybe 2-3 values in between. If maxOccurs is unbounded, then I figure the software should generate something cases for minOccurs, minOccurs * 2, and minOccurs * 4, substituting 1 for minOccurs in the latter two cases when minOccurs is 0. I appreciate anyone letting me know of software that already does this before I commit to writing it myself. Thanks! -Steve _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
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