Methods and systems for generating XML documents

A method for building an extensible mark up language (XML) document comprising:

• receiving a client request to add an XML namespace to an XML document that is being built by the client, the client request comprising a namespace name value;
• producing a moniker responsive to receiving the client request;
• associating the moniker with the XML namespace name value;
• returning the moniker to the client;
• and further comprising:
• assigning a prefix value to the namespace name value;
• and
• using the moniker to make a second client request that is associated with the moniker's namespace name value, the second client request producing an outcome value;
• and further comprising associating the prefix value for the namespace name value with the outcome value produced by the second client request.

A method for building an extensible mark up language (XML) document comprising:

• creating a request object that is configured to process client requests into an XML document;
• calling a first method in the request object for adding an XML namespace and responsive to calling said first method:
• creating a moniker;
• and
• associating said moniker with an XML namespace name value for the namespace that is to be added;
• calling at least one other method in the request object that is associated with at least one property of the XML namespace;
• and
• generating an XML document after said callings;
• and
• further comprising using said moniker to call said at least one other method.

A method for building an extensible mark up language (XML) document comprising:

• creating a request object that is configured to process client requests into an XML document;
• calling a first method in the request object for adding an XML namespace;
• calling at least one other method in the request object that is associated with at least one property of the XML namespace;
• generating an XML document after said callings;
• and
• wherein said calling of the at least one other method comprises defining a data configuration that is to be incorporated into the XML document, the data configuration being defined for adding a property of an XML namespace name value.

A method for building an extensible mark up language (XML) document comprising:

• creating a request object that is configured to process client requests into an XML document;
• calling a first method in the request object for adding an XML namespace;
• calling at least one other method in the request object that is associated with at least one property of the XML namespace;
• generating an XML document after said callings;
• and
• wherein said calling of the at least one other method comprises defining a data configuration that is to be incorporated into the XML document, the data configuration being defined for modifying a value that is associated with a property of an XML namespace name value.

A method for building an extensible mark up language (XML) document comprising:

• creating a request object that is configured to process client requests into an XML document;
• calling a first method in the request object for adding an XML namespace;
• calling at least one other method in the request object that is associated with at least one property of the XML namespace;
• generating an XML document after said callings, and further comprising:
• defining a namespace arbiter that is configured to manage namespace name values that are to be added to the XML document, and to assign a prefix value to at least some of the namespace name values;
• managing namespace name values that are to be added to the XML document with the namespace arbiter;
• and
• assigning prefix values to at least some of the namespace name values that are to be added to the XML document with the namespace arbiter.

A method for building an extensible mark up language (XML) document comprising:

• assigning a prefix value to one or more XML namespace name values, each namespace name value having a unique prefix value;
• associating each prefix value with one or more properties;
• and
• generating an XML document that contains the one or more namespace name values, their associated prefixes, and the one or more properties;
• maintaining a collection of XML namespace name values and their associated prefix values;
• and
• wherein said maintaining comprises building a table of XML namespace name values and their associated prefix values.

A method for building an extensible mark up language (XML) document comprising:

• assigning a prefix value to one or more XML namespace name values, each namespace name value having a unique prefix value;
• associating each prefix value with one or more properties;
• and
• generating an XML document that contains the one or more namespace name values, their associated prefixes, and the one or more properties;
• wherein said associating further comprises associating at least one prefix value with a property whose value is to be modified.

A method for building an extensible mark up language (XML) document comprising:

• assigning a prefix value to one or more XML namespace name values, each namespace name value having a unique prefix value;
• associating each prefix value with one or more properties;
• and
• generating an XML document that contains the one or more namespace name values, their associated prefixes, and the one or more properties;
• and
• wherein the document is a PROPFIND request body.

A method for building an extensible mark up language (XML) document comprising:

• assigning a prefix value to one or more XML namespace name values, each namespace name value having a unique prefix value;
• associating each prefix value with one or more properties;
• and
• generating an XML document that contains the one or more namespace name values, their associated prefixes, and the one or more properties;
• wherein the document is a PROPPATCH request body.

A method of defining a data structure for use in creating an XML extensible mark up language (XML) document comprising:

• creating a namespace name value portion that is configured to hold one or more namespace name values;
• creating a prefix portion that is configured to hold a prefix for each namespace name value that is held in the namespace name value portion;
• placing at least one namespace name value in the namespace name value portion;
• and
• placing a prefix that is associated with the at least one namespace name value in the prefix portion
• wherein the placing of the at least one namespace name value comprises placing at least one reserved namespace name value in the namespace name value portion.

A method of defining a data structure for use in creating an XML extensible mark up language (XML) document comprising:

• creating a namespace name value portion that is configured to hold one or more namespace name values;
• creating a prefix portion that is configured to hold a prefix for each namespace name value that is held in the namespace name value portion;
• placing at least one namespace name value in the namespace name value portion;
• and
• placing a prefix that is associated with the at least one namespace name value in the prefix portion;
• wherein the placing of the prefix comprises placing a reserved prefix in the prefix portion.

A method of defining a data structure for use in creating an XML extensible mark up language (XML) document comprising:

• creating a namespace name value portion that is configured to hold one or more namespace name values;
• creating a prefix portion that is configured to hold a prefix for each namespace name value that is held in the namespace name value portion;
• placing at least one namespace name value in the namespace name value portion;
• and
• placing a prefix that is associated with the at least one namespace name value in the prefix portion;
• and further comprising:
• creating a property name portion for storing a prefix that is associated with a namespace name value and a property that is associated with each prefix.

A method of generating an XML document comprising:

• receiving data that describes namespace name values and properties that are to appear in an XML document;
• organizing the data in one or more flat lists;
• and
• using the flat lists to generate an XML document.