inst2xsd and Other Useful Tools

No matter how much you think you know about a tool, pattern or subject, there’s always something useful that pops up from time to time. I’ve been using XmlBeans for a number of years and only found out about inst2xsd the other day and all this time I’ve been writing XML schemata by hand.

This little blog is just a quick reminder that Xmlbeans provides useful tools as well as a useful API by demonstrating how to use inst2xsd.

The simplest way of using inst2xsd is to type:

inst2xsd /filename.xsd

This will produce a schema file called schema0.xsd whose contents won't be perfect, which means that you'll need to fiddle around with it tailoring it to meet your exact needs.

For more information on inst2xsd see inst2xsd on the xmlbeans tools page.