Manatee v1.29

# Xml

The Xml module enables parsing information stored in local or remote xml files.

# Load xml

Parse the given string as xml and return an XmlDoc object which can be queried or turned into JSON.

# Parameters

  • xml an xml formatted string to parse

# Example

var d = Xml.load("<hello>world</hello>");

# Load XML from url

Fetch a local or a remote file and parse as xml. Returns an XmlDoc object.

# Parameters

  • url is a local or remote path to an xml file

# Example

// A remote file
var remote = Xml.loadFrom("http://somewhere/over/the/rainbow.xml");
// A local file
var local = Xml.loadFrom("c:\\somewhere\over\the\rainbow.xml");

# Load XML from JSON string

You can use the loadJson function to parse a JSON string into an XmlDoc object. It should have the same structure as the output of the Xml.toJson function.

var json = JSON.stringify({ a: { b: 2 }, c: 3 }); 
var doc = Xml.loadJson(json);

# XmlDoc

An XmlDoc is an object that wraps an xml document and which has a few functions for querying the underlying document.

# XPath

Execute an XPath (opens new window) query and return the results. The result is a list of objects, each object represents the matching xml node.

# Parameters

# Example

var doc = Xml.load("<hello>world</hello>");
var allHellos = doc.xpath("//hello");

# Xml to JSON

Returns a JSON/JavaScript version of the document which can then be inspected in the flow.

# Example

var doc = Xml.load("<hello>world</hello>");
var docObject = doc.json();

# XmlDoc to XML string

Use the toString function to return the xml document as a string.

var doc = Xml.load("<hello>world</hello>");
var xmlString = doc.toString(); // "<hello>world</hello>"

# Modify an XML document

The walk function implements a visitor-pattern for the underlying xml document. It can be used to modify the document. You supply it with a function that may either return a new value as an object or xml string or a boolean value where false indicates that the node should be removed. The function will get called for each node in the document.

var doc = Xml.load("<root><hello>world</hello></root>");
doc.walk(function(node) {
    if (node.hello) {
        return "<hello>universe</hello>";
    }
});
var greeting = doc.toString(); // <root><hello>universe</hello></root>

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