I have been working on the RMA database at work, and have discovered the following features need to be add to Xmldoom:

1. Enumeration support. This means that the existing <column ...> col_name </column> tags need to be changed to <column name="col_name" .../> so that we can support syntax like:

<enumeration name="status"> <item value="open"/> <item value="closed"/> </enumeration>

2. Argument lists. Currently arguments only accept single values. You should be able to pass a list of arguments for a where clause that get AND'd or OR'd together. I see a new tag <argument-list mode="..." />.

3. Optional arguments. So that we don't have to make all sorts of methods like: "FindItemBySerial" and "FindItemBySerialAndStatus". We could just define "FindItemBySerial" with an optional status argument. This would seriously improve usability.

4. Named arguments. Add an optional 'name="..."' to all argument types (single and list). This way we can support "keyword arguments" for all languages that support them, namely Python. Arguments add by default (ie. not with an <argument ...> tag) should either use the column name or provide a superflous <argument ...> tag inorder to name it.

5. More complex <where> usage. Currently we can only set-up where clauses that are all AND'd together. I want to support nested AND and OR clauses. Proposed usage:

<where mode="AND"> <constraint column="status" comparison="IS" value="Closed"/> <constraint column="status" comparison="IS" value="Denied"/> </where>

This is just what I thought of today. I guess I have my work cut out for me!