Mondrian in Action

Appendix C. Schema shortcuts

There is often more than one way to write something in Mondrian’s XML schema format. Mondrian provides shortcuts to allow you to write concise XML. These are particularly useful if you’re writing XML by hand.

Name	Example
Attribute.nameColumn default	An attribute’s name defaults to its key (if the key has a single column) or the last column of its key (if the key is a composite). For example, <Attribute name='Year' keyColumn='year'/> is equivalent to <Attribute name='Year' keyColumn='year' nameColumn='year'/>
Attribute.keyColumn for Attribute.Key	If an attribute’s key is a single column, you can use the keyColumn attribute. For example, <Attribute name='Year' keyColumn='year'/> is equivalent to ...