> copy and pasting random pieces of XML from the internet Also, I don't see that this is a big deal when dealing with a declarative paradigm. In fact, cutting

> copy and pasting random pieces of XML from the internet Also, I don't see that this is a big deal when dealing with a declarative paradigm. In fact, cutting and pasting random bits of declarative code makes a lot of sense to me. You don't need to understand how it's doing what it's doing, only that it will. I have yet to discover a situation where some custom thing I needed couldn't be handled with the Exec Plugin or a custom plugin, which are easy to write. The truth is that these uber-custom things are actually pretty rare if you stick to conventions.