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Chapter 2 Building an XML model
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The child elements appear one by one in the diagram, linked to the group
particle symbol.
5 Right-click to recover the Pointer.
Clicking an element symbol with the Element tool
When you click an element symbol with the Element tool, a sequence
symbol (by default) appears in the diagram between the parent element
and the child element.
To add other child elements, click the sequence symbol with the Element
tool.
To change the group particle, double-click the sequence symbol to display
its property sheet, then select another group particle in the Type dropdown
listbox and click OK.
How to link a child object to a group particle?
XML objects do not support standard link objects. To link a child object to a
group particle, you must click the child object tool in the palette and then
click the group particle symbol in the diagram. This will automatically create
a link between both objects. See the following table for allowed links:
Caution
A group particle cannot be created from scratch in a diagram.
It must be the child element of an element, a group or a complex type.
Tool Sequence symbol Choice symbol All symbol
Any
No link