Added option to check for empty elements in Has properties, as a workaround for people who don't understand the concept of optional elements or XSD's in general

Forms/MainFrm.dfm

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
   BorderIcons = [biSystemMenu, biMinimize]
   BorderStyle = bsDialog
   Caption = 'X'#178'Software XML Data Binding for Delphi'
-  ClientHeight = 254
+  ClientHeight = 291
   ClientWidth = 438
   Color = clBtnFace
   Font.Charset = DEFAULT_CHARSET
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
   OnCreate = FormCreate
   DesignSize = (
     438
-    254)
+    291)
   PixelsPerInch = 96
   TextHeight = 13
   object lblSchema: TLabel
@@ -44,30 +44,31 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
     Left = 8
     Top = 43
     Width = 422
-    Height = 167
+    Height = 204
     Anchors = [akLeft, akTop, akBottom]
     Caption = ' Output '
     TabOrder = 1
+    ExplicitHeight = 167
     DesignSize = (
       422
-      167)
+      204)
     object rbFile: TRadioButton
-      Left = 7
+      Left = 11
       Top = 21
-      Width = 126
+      Width = 127
       Height = 17
-      Caption = 'Output to &single file'
+      Caption = ' Output to &single file'
       Checked = True
       TabOrder = 0
       TabStop = True
       OnClick = OutputTypeClick
     end
     object rbFolder: TRadioButton
-      Left = 8
+      Left = 11
       Top = 44
-      Width = 149
+      Width = 150
       Height = 17
-      Caption = 'Output to separate &files'
+      Caption = ' Output to separate &files'
       TabOrder = 1
       OnClick = OutputTypeClick
     end
@@ -75,15 +76,16 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
       Left = 3
       Top = 68
       Width = 416
-      Height = 95
+      Height = 93
-      ActivePage = spFile
+      ActivePage = spFolder
-      Anchors = [akLeft, akTop, akRight, akBottom]
+      Anchors = [akLeft, akTop, akRight]
       Style = tsButtons
       TabOrder = 2
       object spFile: TTabSheet
         TabVisible = False
+        ExplicitHeight = 85
         object lblFile: TLabel
-          Left = 8
+          Left = 4
           Top = 7
           Width = 55
           Height = 13
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
         end
         object feFile: TcxButtonEdit
           Left = 88
-          Top = 3
+          Top = 4
           Properties.Buttons = <
             item
               Kind = bkEllipsis
@@ -103,37 +105,35 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
       end
       object spFolder: TTabSheet
         TabVisible = False
-        ExplicitLeft = 0
+        ExplicitLeft = 8
-        ExplicitTop = 0
+        ExplicitHeight = 195
-        ExplicitWidth = 0
-        ExplicitHeight = 0
         DesignSize = (
           408
-          85)
+          83)
         object lblFolder: TLabel
-          Left = 8
+          Left = 4
           Top = 7
           Width = 69
           Height = 13
           Caption = 'Output folder:'
         end
         object lblFolderPrefix: TLabel
-          Left = 8
+          Left = 4
-          Top = 34
+          Top = 32
           Width = 51
           Height = 13
           Caption = 'File prefix:'
         end
         object lblFolderPostfix: TLabel
-          Left = 8
+          Left = 4
-          Top = 60
+          Top = 58
           Width = 56
           Height = 13
           Caption = 'File postfix:'
         end
         object deFolder: TcxButtonEdit
           Left = 88
-          Top = 3
+          Top = 4
           Anchors = [akLeft, akTop, akRight]
           Properties.Buttons = <
             item
@@ -145,23 +145,36 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
         end
         object edtFolderPrefix: TcxTextEdit
           Left = 88
-          Top = 30
+          Top = 29
           TabOrder = 1
           Text = 'xml_'
           Width = 121
         end
         object edtFolderPostfix: TcxTextEdit
           Left = 88
-          Top = 57
+          Top = 55
           TabOrder = 2
           Width = 121
         end
       end
     end
+    object cbHasChecksEmpty: TCheckBox
+      Left = 11
+      Top = 175
+      Width = 401
+      Height = 17
+      Hint = 
+        'Workaround for XML'#39's generated by people who do not understand t' +
+        'he concept of optional elements or XSD'#39's in general'
+      Caption = 
+        ' Check for empty elements as well as omitted elements in Has pro' +
+        'perties'
+      TabOrder = 3
+    end
   end
   object btnGenerate: TButton
     Left = 274
-    Top = 221
+    Top = 258
     Width = 75
     Height = 25
     Anchors = [akRight, akBottom]
@@ -169,10 +182,11 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
     Default = True
     TabOrder = 3
     OnClick = btnGenerateClick
+    ExplicitTop = 221
   end
   object btnClose: TButton
     Left = 355
-    Top = 221
+    Top = 258
     Width = 75
     Height = 25
     Anchors = [akRight, akBottom]
@@ -180,10 +194,11 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
     Caption = '&Close'
     TabOrder = 4
     OnClick = btnCloseClick
+    ExplicitTop = 221
   end
   object btnHints: TButton
     Left = 7
-    Top = 221
+    Top = 258
     Width = 142
     Height = 25
     Anchors = [akRight, akBottom]
@@ -191,6 +206,7 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
     Caption = 'Generate blank &Hints file'
     TabOrder = 2
     OnClick = btnHintsClick
+    ExplicitTop = 221
   end
   object DefaultEditStyle: TcxDefaultEditStyleController
     Style.HotTrack = False
@@ -206,13 +222,13 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
   object dlgSchema: TOpenDialog
     Filter = 'W3C XML Schema files (*.xsd)|*.xsd|All files (*.*)|*.*'
     Options = [ofHideReadOnly, ofFileMustExist, ofEnableSizing]
-    Left = 260
+    Left = 212
-    Top = 156
+    Top = 40
   end
   object dlgOutputFile: TSaveDialog
     Filter = 'Delphi source files (*.pas)|*.pas|All files (*.*)|*.*'
     Options = [ofHideReadOnly, ofPathMustExist, ofEnableSizing]
-    Left = 343
+    Left = 323
-    Top = 157
+    Top = 45
   end
 end

Forms/MainFrm.pas

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type
     rbFolder:                                   TRadioButton;
     spFile:                                     TTabSheet;
     spFolder:                                   TTabSheet;
+    cbHasChecksEmpty: TCheckBox;
 
     procedure btnCloseClick(Sender: TObject);
     procedure btnGenerateClick(Sender: TObject);
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ begin
         generator.OutputPath  := deFolder.Text;
       end;
 
+      generator.HasChecksEmpty := cbHasChecksEmpty.Checked;
       generator.OnGetFileName := GetFileName;
       generator.Execute(feSchema.Text);
 
@@ -263,14 +265,14 @@ begin
     if settings.HasOutput then
     begin
       case settings.Output.OutputType of
-        OutputType_Single:
+        DataBindingOutputType_Single:
           begin
             outputSingle    := settings.Output.OutputSingle;
             rbFile.Checked  := True;
             feFile.Text     := outputSingle.FileName;
           end;
 
-        OutputType_Multiple:
+        DataBindingOutputType_Multiple:
           begin
             outputMultiple        := settings.Output.OutputMultiple;
             rbFolder.Checked      := True;
@@ -279,6 +281,8 @@ begin
             edtFolderPostfix.Text := outputMultiple.Postfix;
           end;
       end;
+
+      cbHasChecksEmpty.Checked := settings.Output.HasHasChecksEmpty and settings.Output.HasChecksEmpty;
     end;
   end;
 end;
@@ -302,18 +306,19 @@ begin
 
   if rbFile.Checked then
   begin
-    settings.Output.OutputType  := OutputType_Single;
+    settings.Output.OutputType  := DataBindingOutputType_Single;
     outputSingle                := settings.Output.OutputSingle;
     outputSingle.FileName       := feFile.Text;
   end else
   begin
-    settings.Output.OutputType  := OutputType_Multiple;
+    settings.Output.OutputType  := DataBindingOutputType_Multiple;
     outputMultiple              := settings.Output.OutputMultiple;
     outputMultiple.Path         := deFolder.Text;
     outputMultiple.Prefix       := edtFolderPrefix.Text;
     outputMultiple.Postfix      := edtFolderPostfix.Text;
   end;
 
+  settings.Output.HasChecksEmpty := cbHasChecksEmpty.Checked;
   settings.OwnerDocument.SaveToFile(fileName);
 end;
 

Units/DataBindingSettingsXML.pas

@@ -1,32 +1,35 @@
 {
   X2Software XML Data Binding
 
-    Generated on:   24-4-2008 11:37:27
+    Generated on:   21-7-2017 9:19:46
-    Generated from: P:\test\XMLDataBinding\XSD\DataBindingSettings.xsd
+    Generated from: P:\x2xmldatabinding\XSD\DataBindingSettings.xsd
 }
 unit DataBindingSettingsXML;
 
 interface
 uses
   Classes,
+  SysUtils,
   XMLDoc,
-  XMLIntf;
+  XMLIntf,
+  XMLDataBindingUtils;
 
 type
   { Forward declarations for DataBindingSettings }
   IXMLDataBindingSettings = interface;
   IXMLDataBindingOutput = interface;
-  TXMLOutputType = (OutputType_Single,
-                    OutputType_Multiple);
   IXMLOutputSingle = interface;
   IXMLOutputMultiple = interface;
+  TXMLDataBindingOutputType = (DataBindingOutputType_Single,
+                               DataBindingOutputType_Multiple);
 
   { Interfaces for DataBindingSettings }
   {
     Contains the settings and hints for the Delphi XML Data Binding.
   }
   IXMLDataBindingSettings = interface(IXMLNode)
-    ['{C78D63A5-77C2-4547-AC37-5311160D543B}']
+    ['{0407CBCB-B49B-4ED3-A2F6-CCDDFE46F334}']
+    procedure XSDValidateDocument(AStrict: Boolean = False);
     function GetHasOutput: Boolean;
     function GetOutput: IXMLDataBindingOutput;
 
@@ -38,27 +41,38 @@ type
     Contains the user-defined output settings last used
   }
   IXMLDataBindingOutput = interface(IXMLNode)
-    ['{81374819-83EF-42A8-A7B8-2F59A470D77B}']
+    ['{21821EFA-C7D8-4299-BF44-8122FBF2BC2E}']
+    procedure XSDValidate;
+    procedure XSDValidateStrict(AResult: IXSDValidateStrictResult);
+
     function GetOutputTypeText: WideString;
-    function GetOutputType: TXMLOutputType;
+    function GetOutputType: TXMLDataBindingOutputType;
     function GetHasOutputSingle: Boolean;
     function GetOutputSingle: IXMLOutputSingle;
     function GetHasOutputMultiple: Boolean;
     function GetOutputMultiple: IXMLOutputMultiple;
+    function GetHasHasChecksEmpty: Boolean;
+    function GetHasChecksEmpty: Boolean;
 
     procedure SetOutputTypeText(const Value: WideString);
-    procedure SetOutputType(const Value: TXMLOutputType);
+    procedure SetOutputType(const Value: TXMLDataBindingOutputType);
+    procedure SetHasChecksEmpty(const Value: Boolean);
 
     property OutputTypeText: WideString read GetOutputTypeText write SetOutputTypeText;
-    property OutputType: TXMLOutputType read GetOutputType write SetOutputType;
+    property OutputType: TXMLDataBindingOutputType read GetOutputType write SetOutputType;
     property HasOutputSingle: Boolean read GetHasOutputSingle;
     property OutputSingle: IXMLOutputSingle read GetOutputSingle;
     property HasOutputMultiple: Boolean read GetHasOutputMultiple;
     property OutputMultiple: IXMLOutputMultiple read GetOutputMultiple;
+    property HasHasChecksEmpty: Boolean read GetHasHasChecksEmpty;
+    property HasChecksEmpty: Boolean read GetHasChecksEmpty write SetHasChecksEmpty;
   end;
 
   IXMLOutputSingle = interface(IXMLNode)
-    ['{9BB52722-C7C0-45F8-81A1-59BE074BF62E}']
+    ['{ABB2D62A-0B4D-4E4B-8835-ED8AFE7564EA}']
+    procedure XSDValidate;
+    procedure XSDValidateStrict(AResult: IXSDValidateStrictResult);
+
     function GetFileName: WideString;
 
     procedure SetFileName(const Value: WideString);
@@ -67,7 +81,10 @@ type
   end;
 
   IXMLOutputMultiple = interface(IXMLNode)
-    ['{4B5AC82E-572A-4C21-B779-4626BF79E0E6}']
+    ['{2F4918D6-EE9C-4986-9052-285A8B4D58C5}']
+    procedure XSDValidate;
+    procedure XSDValidateStrict(AResult: IXSDValidateStrictResult);
+
     function GetPath: WideString;
     function GetPrefix: WideString;
     function GetPostfix: WideString;
@@ -83,38 +100,51 @@ type
 
 
   { Classes for DataBindingSettings }
-  TXMLDataBindingSettings = class(TXMLNode, IXMLDataBindingSettings)
+  TXMLDataBindingSettings = class(TX2XMLNode, IXMLDataBindingSettings)
   public
     procedure AfterConstruction; override;
   protected
+    procedure XSDValidateDocument(AStrict: Boolean = False);
     function GetHasOutput: Boolean;
     function GetOutput: IXMLDataBindingOutput;
   end;
 
-  TXMLDataBindingOutput = class(TXMLNode, IXMLDataBindingOutput)
+  TXMLDataBindingOutput = class(TX2XMLNode, IXSDValidate, IXSDValidateStrict, IXMLDataBindingOutput)
   public
     procedure AfterConstruction; override;
   protected
+    procedure XSDValidate;
+    procedure XSDValidateStrict(AResult: IXSDValidateStrictResult);
+
     function GetOutputTypeText: WideString;
-    function GetOutputType: TXMLOutputType;
+    function GetOutputType: TXMLDataBindingOutputType;
     function GetHasOutputSingle: Boolean;
     function GetOutputSingle: IXMLOutputSingle;
     function GetHasOutputMultiple: Boolean;
     function GetOutputMultiple: IXMLOutputMultiple;
+    function GetHasHasChecksEmpty: Boolean;
+    function GetHasChecksEmpty: Boolean;
 
     procedure SetOutputTypeText(const Value: WideString);
-    procedure SetOutputType(const Value: TXMLOutputType);
+    procedure SetOutputType(const Value: TXMLDataBindingOutputType);
+    procedure SetHasChecksEmpty(const Value: Boolean);
   end;
 
-  TXMLOutputSingle = class(TXMLNode, IXMLOutputSingle)
+  TXMLOutputSingle = class(TX2XMLNode, IXSDValidate, IXSDValidateStrict, IXMLOutputSingle)
   protected
+    procedure XSDValidate;
+    procedure XSDValidateStrict(AResult: IXSDValidateStrictResult);
+
     function GetFileName: WideString;
 
     procedure SetFileName(const Value: WideString);
   end;
 
-  TXMLOutputMultiple = class(TXMLNode, IXMLOutputMultiple)
+  TXMLOutputMultiple = class(TX2XMLNode, IXSDValidate, IXSDValidateStrict, IXMLOutputMultiple)
   protected
+    procedure XSDValidate;
+    procedure XSDValidateStrict(AResult: IXSDValidateStrictResult);
+
     function GetPath: WideString;
     function GetPrefix: WideString;
     function GetPostfix: WideString;
@@ -126,9 +156,10 @@ type
 
 
   { Document functions }
-  function GetDataBindingSettings(ADocument: IXMLDocument): IXMLDataBindingSettings;
+  function GetDataBindingSettings(ADocument: XMLIntf.IXMLDocument): IXMLDataBindingSettings;
   function LoadDataBindingSettings(const AFileName: String): IXMLDataBindingSettings;
   function LoadDataBindingSettingsFromStream(AStream: TStream): IXMLDataBindingSettings;
+  function LoadDataBindingSettingsFromString(const AString: String{$IF CompilerVersion >= 20}; AEncoding: TEncoding = nil; AOwnsEncoding: Boolean = True{$IFEND}): IXMLDataBindingSettings;
   function NewDataBindingSettings: IXMLDataBindingSettings;
 
 
@@ -137,21 +168,21 @@ const
 
 
 const
-  OutputTypeValues: array[TXMLOutputType] of WideString =
+  DataBindingOutputTypeValues: array[TXMLDataBindingOutputType] of WideString =
                                (
                                  'Single',
                                  'Multiple'
                                );
 
   { Enumeration conversion helpers }
-  function StringToOutputType(const AValue: WideString): TXMLOutputType;
+  function StringToDataBindingOutputType(const AValue: WideString): TXMLDataBindingOutputType;
 
 implementation
 uses
-  SysUtils;
+  Variants;
 
 { Document functions }
-function GetDataBindingSettings(ADocument: IXMLDocument): IXMLDataBindingSettings;
+function GetDataBindingSettings(ADocument: XMLIntf.IXMLDocument): IXMLDataBindingSettings;
 begin
   Result := ADocument.GetDocBinding('DataBindingSettings', TXMLDataBindingSettings, TargetNamespace) as IXMLDataBindingSettings
 end;
@@ -163,7 +194,7 @@ end;
 
 function LoadDataBindingSettingsFromStream(AStream: TStream): IXMLDataBindingSettings;
 var
-  doc: IXMLDocument;
+  doc: XMLIntf.IXMLDocument;
 
 begin
   doc := NewXMLDocument;
@@ -171,6 +202,24 @@ begin
   Result  := GetDataBindingSettings(doc);
 end;
 
+function LoadDataBindingSettingsFromString(const AString: String{$IF CompilerVersion >= 20}; AEncoding: TEncoding; AOwnsEncoding: Boolean{$IFEND}): IXMLDataBindingSettings;
+var
+  stream: TStringStream;
+
+begin
+  {$IF CompilerVersion >= 20}
+  if Assigned(AEncoding) then
+    stream := TStringStream.Create(AString, AEncoding, AOwnsEncoding)
+  else
+  {$IFEND}
+    stream := TStringStream.Create(AString);
+  try
+    Result  := LoadDataBindingSettingsFromStream(stream);
+  finally
+    FreeAndNil(stream);
+  end;
+end;
+
 function NewDataBindingSettings: IXMLDataBindingSettings;
 begin
   Result := NewXMLDocument.GetDocBinding('DataBindingSettings', TXMLDataBindingSettings, TargetNamespace) as IXMLDataBindingSettings
@@ -179,14 +228,14 @@ end;
 
 
 { Enumeration conversion helpers }
-function StringToOutputType(const AValue: WideString): TXMLOutputType;
+function StringToDataBindingOutputType(const AValue: WideString): TXMLDataBindingOutputType;
 var
-  enumValue: TXMLOutputType;
+  enumValue: TXMLDataBindingOutputType;
 
 begin
-  Result := TXMLOutputType(-1);
+  Result := TXMLDataBindingOutputType(-1);
-  for enumValue := Low(TXMLOutputType) to High(TXMLOutputType) do
+  for enumValue := Low(TXMLDataBindingOutputType) to High(TXMLDataBindingOutputType) do
-    if OutputTypeValues[enumValue] = AValue then
+    if DataBindingOutputTypeValues[enumValue] = AValue then
     begin
       Result := enumValue;
       break;
@@ -201,6 +250,14 @@ begin
   inherited;
 end;
 
+procedure TXMLDataBindingSettings.XSDValidateDocument(AStrict: Boolean);
+begin
+  if AStrict then
+    XMLDataBindingUtils.XSDValidateStrict(Self)
+  else
+    XMLDataBindingUtils.XSDValidate(Self);
+end;
+
 function TXMLDataBindingSettings.GetHasOutput: Boolean;
 begin
   Result := Assigned(ChildNodes.FindNode('Output'));
@@ -219,15 +276,27 @@ begin
   inherited;
 end;
 
+procedure TXMLDataBindingOutput.XSDValidate;
+begin
+  GetOutputType;
+  SortChildNodes(Self, ['OutputType', 'OutputSingle', 'OutputMultiple', 'HasChecksEmpty']);
+end;
+
+procedure TXMLDataBindingOutput.XSDValidateStrict(AResult: IXSDValidateStrictResult);
+begin
+  GetOutputType;
+  SortChildNodes(Self, ['OutputType', 'OutputSingle', 'OutputMultiple', 'HasChecksEmpty']);
+end;
+
 function TXMLDataBindingOutput.GetOutputTypeText: WideString;
 begin
   Result := ChildNodes['OutputType'].Text;
 end;
 
 
-function TXMLDataBindingOutput.GetOutputType: TXMLOutputType;
+function TXMLDataBindingOutput.GetOutputType: TXMLDataBindingOutputType;
 begin
-  Result := StringToOutputType(GetOutputTypeText);
+  Result := StringToDataBindingOutputType(GetOutputTypeText);
 end;
 
 function TXMLDataBindingOutput.GetHasOutputSingle: Boolean;
@@ -252,15 +321,41 @@ begin
   Result := (ChildNodes['OutputMultiple'] as IXMLOutputMultiple);
 end;
 
+function TXMLDataBindingOutput.GetHasHasChecksEmpty: Boolean;
+begin
+  Result := Assigned(ChildNodes.FindNode('HasChecksEmpty'));
+end;
+
+
+function TXMLDataBindingOutput.GetHasChecksEmpty: Boolean;
+begin
+  Result := ChildNodes['HasChecksEmpty'].NodeValue;
+end;
+
 procedure TXMLDataBindingOutput.SetOutputTypeText(const Value: WideString);
 begin
   ChildNodes['OutputType'].NodeValue := Value;
 end;
 
 
-procedure TXMLDataBindingOutput.SetOutputType(const Value: TXMLOutputType);
+procedure TXMLDataBindingOutput.SetOutputType(const Value: TXMLDataBindingOutputType);
 begin
-  ChildNodes['OutputType'].NodeValue := OutputTypeValues[Value];
+  ChildNodes['OutputType'].NodeValue := DataBindingOutputTypeValues[Value];
+end;
+
+procedure TXMLDataBindingOutput.SetHasChecksEmpty(const Value: Boolean);
+begin
+  ChildNodes['HasChecksEmpty'].NodeValue := BoolToXML(Value);
+end;
+
+procedure TXMLOutputSingle.XSDValidate;
+begin
+  CreateRequiredElements(Self, ['FileName']);
+end;
+
+procedure TXMLOutputSingle.XSDValidateStrict(AResult: IXSDValidateStrictResult);
+begin
+  ValidateRequiredElements(AResult, Self, ['FileName']);
 end;
 
 function TXMLOutputSingle.GetFileName: WideString;
@@ -270,7 +365,19 @@ end;
 
 procedure TXMLOutputSingle.SetFileName(const Value: WideString);
 begin
-  ChildNodes['FileName'].NodeValue := Value;
+  ChildNodes['FileName'].NodeValue := GetValidXMLText(Value);
+end;
+
+procedure TXMLOutputMultiple.XSDValidate;
+begin
+  CreateRequiredElements(Self, ['Path', 'Prefix', 'Postfix']);
+  SortChildNodes(Self, ['Path', 'Prefix', 'Postfix']);
+end;
+
+procedure TXMLOutputMultiple.XSDValidateStrict(AResult: IXSDValidateStrictResult);
+begin
+  ValidateRequiredElements(AResult, Self, ['Path', 'Prefix', 'Postfix']);
+  SortChildNodes(Self, ['Path', 'Prefix', 'Postfix']);
 end;
 
 function TXMLOutputMultiple.GetPath: WideString;
@@ -290,17 +397,17 @@ end;
 
 procedure TXMLOutputMultiple.SetPath(const Value: WideString);
 begin
-  ChildNodes['Path'].NodeValue := Value;
+  ChildNodes['Path'].NodeValue := GetValidXMLText(Value);
 end;
 
 procedure TXMLOutputMultiple.SetPrefix(const Value: WideString);
 begin
-  ChildNodes['Prefix'].NodeValue := Value;
+  ChildNodes['Prefix'].NodeValue := GetValidXMLText(Value);
 end;
 
 procedure TXMLOutputMultiple.SetPostfix(const Value: WideString);
 begin
-  ChildNodes['Postfix'].NodeValue := Value;
+  ChildNodes['Postfix'].NodeValue := GetValidXMLText(Value);
 end;
 
 

Units/DelphiXMLDataBindingGenerator.pas

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type
     FProcessedItems: TList<TXMLDataBindingInterface>;
     FUnitNames: TDictionary<TXMLDataBindingSchema, String>;
 
+    FHasChecksEmpty: Boolean;
     FOnGetFileName:  TGetFileNameEvent;
   protected
     procedure GenerateDataBinding; override;
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ type
     property ProcessedItems:  TList<TXMLDataBindingInterface> read FProcessedItems;
     property UnitNames:       TDictionary<TXMLDataBindingSchema, String> read FUnitNames;
   public
+    property HasChecksEmpty: Boolean read FHasChecksEmpty write FHasChecksEmpty;
+
     property OnGetFileName: TGetFileNameEvent read FOnGetFileName write FOnGetFileName;
   end;
 
@@ -1141,6 +1144,7 @@ var
   writeStream:      Boolean;
   typeMapping:      TTypeMapping;
   nodeType:         TDelphiNodeType;
+  elementType:      TDelphiElementType;
 
 begin
   Result  := False;
@@ -1295,9 +1299,12 @@ begin
 
                 if writeOptional then
                   if AProperty.IsAttribute then
-                    sourceCode.Add(PropertyImplMethodGetOptionalAttr)
+                    sourceCode.Add(IfThen(HasChecksEmpty, PropertyImplMethodGetOptionalAttrEmpty, PropertyImplMethodGetOptionalAttr))
                   else
-                    sourceCode.Add(PropertyImplMethodGetOptional[GetDelphiElementType(nodeType)]);
+                  begin
+                    elementType := GetDelphiElementType(nodeType);
+                    sourceCode.Add(IfThen(HasChecksEmpty, PropertyImplMethodGetOptionalEmpty[elementType], PropertyImplMethodGetOptional[elementType]));
+                  end;
 
                 if writeNil then
                   sourceCode.Add(PropertyImplMethodGetNil[GetDelphiElementType(nodeType)]);

Units/DelphiXMLDataBindingResources.pas

@@ -198,6 +198,31 @@ const
                                       'end;'                                                                    + CrLf +
                                       ''                                                                        + CrLf;
 
+  PropertyImplMethodGetOptionalEmpty: array[TDelphiElementType] of string =
+                                      (
+                                        { dntElement }
+                                        'function TXML%<Name>:s.GetHas%<PropertyName>:s: Boolean;'                + CrLf +
+                                        'begin'                                                                   + CrLf +
+                                        '  Result := Assigned(ChildNodes.FindNode(''%<PropertySourceName>:s'')) and (Length(ChildNodes[''%<PropertySourceName>:s''].Text) > 0);' + CrLf +
+                                        'end;'                                                                    + CrLf +
+                                        ''                                                                        + CrLf,
+
+                                        { dntElementNS }
+                                        'function TXML%<Name>:s.GetHas%<PropertyName>:s: Boolean;'                                     + CrLf +
+                                        'begin'                                                                                        + CrLf +
+                                        '  Result := Assigned(ChildNodes.FindNode(''%<PropertySourceName>:s'', ''%<Namespace>:s'')) and (Length(ChildNodesNS[''%<PropertySourceName>:s'', ''%<Namespace>:s''].Text) > 0);'  + CrLf +
+                                        'end;'                                                                                         + CrLf +
+                                        ''                                                                                             + CrLf
+                                      );
+
+
+  PropertyImplMethodGetOptionalAttrEmpty = 'function TXML%<Name>:s.GetHas%<PropertyName>:s: Boolean;'                + CrLf +
+                                           'begin'                                                                   + CrLf +
+                                           '  Result := Assigned(AttributeNodes.FindNode(''%<PropertySourceName>:s'')) and (Length(AttributeNodes[''%<PropertySourceName>:s''].Text) > 0);' + CrLf +
+                                           'end;'                                                                    + CrLf +
+                                           ''                                                                        + CrLf;
+
+
   PropertyImplMethodGetNil: array[TDelphiElementType] of string =
                             (
                               { dntElement }

XSD/DataBindingSettings.settings.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<DataBindingSettings xmlns="http://www.x2software.net/xsd/databinding/DataBindingSettings.xsd"><Output><OutputType>Single</OutputType><OutputSingle><FileName>..\Units\DataBindingSettingsXML.pas</FileName></OutputSingle></Output></DataBindingSettings>

XSD/DataBindingSettings.xsd

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<xs:schema targetNamespace="http://www.x2software.net/xsd/databinding/DataBindingSettings.xsd" xmlns:tns="http://www.x2software.net/xsd/databinding/DataBindingSettings.xsd" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
+<xs:schema xmlns:tns="http://www.x2software.net/xsd/databinding/DataBindingSettings.xsd" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://www.x2software.net/xsd/databinding/DataBindingSettings.xsd" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
 	<xs:element name="DataBindingSettings">
 		<xs:annotation>
 			<xs:documentation>Contains the settings and hints for the Delphi XML Data Binding.</xs:documentation>
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 					</xs:complexType>
 				</xs:element>
 			</xs:choice>
+			<xs:element name="HasChecksEmpty" type="xs:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
 		</xs:sequence>
 	</xs:complexType>
 	<xs:simpleType name="DataBindingOutputType">