LIMITATIONS.txt

== Specific limitations ==

xsd.Ref is not serialized at all
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xsd.References are not serialized at all.
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from soapbox import xsd

class Person(xsd.Group):
    name = xsd.Element(xsd.String)
    surname = xsd.Element(xsd.String)

class Job(xsd.ComplexType):
    title = xsd.Element(xsd.String)
    person = xsd.Ref(Person)


schema = xsd.Schema(
    imports=[],
    targetNamespace='http://site.example/ws/spec',
    elementFormDefault='qualified',
    simpleTypes=[],
    attributeGroups=[],
    groups=[],
    complexTypes=[],
    elements={'job': xsd.Element(Job())},
)

from soapbox.py2xsd import generate_xsd
xsd_ = generate_xsd(schema)
from lxml import etree
print etree.tostring(xsd_, pretty_print=True)
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Result:
<xsd:schema xmlns:sns="http://site.example/ws/spec" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://site.example/ws/spec" elementFormDefault="unqualified">
  <xsd:element name="job">
    <xsd:complexType>
      <xsd:sequence>
        <xsd:element name="title" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" nillable="false"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
    </xsd:complexType>
  </xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>


Expected result:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<xs:schema targetNamespace="http://site.example/ws/spec"
	xmlns:site="http://site.example/ws/spec"
	xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
	elementFormDefault="qualified">

	<xs:element name="person">
		<xs:complexType>
			<xs:sequence>
				<xs:element name="name" type="xs:string" />
				<xs:element name="surname" type="xs:string" />
			</xs:sequence>
		</xs:complexType>
	</xs:element>

	<xs:element name="job">
		<xs:complexType>
			<xs:sequence>
				<xs:element name="title" type="xs:string" />
				<xs:element ref="site:person" />
			</xs:sequence>
		</xs:complexType>
	</xs:element>
</xs:schema>


Valid xml for expected schema:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<job xmlns="http://site.example/ws/spec">
    <title>developer</title>
    <person>
        <name>Bar</name>
        <surname>Foo</surname>
    </person>
</job>

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