Component Dependencies View

The Component Dependencies view allows you to easily see the dependencies for a selected schema component. You can open the view from PerspectiveShow ViewComponent Dependencies .

If you want to see the dependencies of a schema component just select the desired schema component in the editor and choose the Component Dependencies action from the contextual menu. The action is available for all named components (element, attribute, etc).

 

Figure 4.65. Component Dependencies view - hierarchy for xhtml11.xsd

Component Dependencies view - hierarchy for xhtml11.xsd


In the Component Dependencies view you have several actions in the toolbar:

Refresh the dependencies structure.

Allows you to stop the dependencies computing.

Allows you to configure a search scope to compute the dependencies structure. There is also an option for automatically using the defined scope for future operations.

Allows you to repeat a previous dependencies computation.

On the contextual menu you have also some actions like:

[Tip]Tip

If a component contains multiple references to another a small table is shown containing all references.

When a recursive reference is encountered it is marked with a special icon