XmlReader

Return Types

XmlNode,

Methods Summary

Type	Name	Summary
Array	readXmlDocumentFromFile(argument)	Reads an XML document from a file..
Array	readXmlDocumentFromString(argument)	Reads an XML document from a string..

Methods Details

readXmlDocumentFromFile(argument)

Reads an XML document from a file.

Parameters Object argument ;

Returns Array

Sample

// specifies a reference to a file containing valid XML
var xmlNodes = plugins.XmlReader.readXmlDocumentFromFile('c:/test.xml');
var childNodes = xmlNodes[0].getChildNodes();
// shows a dialog to open an xml file, then reads the file
var xmlFile = plugins.file.showFileOpenDialog(1);
var xmlNodes = plugins.XmlReader.readXmlDocumentFromFile(xmlFile);
var childNodes = xmlNodes[0].getChildNodes();

readXmlDocumentFromString(argument)

Reads an XML document from a string.

Parameters String argument ;

Returns Array

Sample

var xmlString = '<books><book price="44.95">' +
'<title>Core Java 1.5</title>' +
'<author>Piet Klerksen</author>' +
'<nrPages>1487</nrPages>' +
'</book>' +
'<book price="59.95">' +
'<title>Developing with Servoy</title>' +
'<author>Cheryl Owens and others</author><nrPages>492</nrPages></book></books>';
var xmlNodes = plugins.XmlReader.readXmlDocumentFromString(xmlString);