XmlNode

Overview

XML nodes are structured elements that support interaction and manipulation through various methods. These methods facilitate operations such as retrieving attribute names and values, accessing child nodes, obtaining the node name and type, and fetching the text value of an XML node.

Functionality

The getAttributeNames method retrieves all attribute names from the current node, while getAttributeValue returns the value of a specified attribute. To interact with node relationships, getChildNodes allows access to all child nodes. Additionally, getName provides the name of the XML node, and getType identifies its type. For textual data, getTextValue extracts the text content of the node.

Methods Summarized

Type	Name	Summary
Array	getAttributeNames()	Return all the attribute names of the current node.
String	getAttributeValue(attributeName)	Return the value of the named attribute.
Array	getChildNodes()	Return the child nodes of the current node.
String	getName()	Return the name of the XML node element.
String	getTextValue()	Return the text-value of the XML node element.
String	getType()	Return the type of the XML node element.

Methods Detailed

getAttributeNames()

Return all the attribute names of the current node.

Returns: Array

Sample

nodes = plugins.XmlReader.readXmlDocumentFromString("<root attr1='value1' attr2='value2'/>")
rootNode = nodes[0];
attributes = rootNode.getAttributeNames();
application.output(attributes[0])
application.output(attributes[1])
val1 = rootNode.getAttributeValue('attr1');
application.output(val1)

getAttributeValue(attributeName)

Return the value of the named attribute.

Parameters

• String attributeName ;

Returns: String

Sample

nodes = plugins.XmlReader.readXmlDocumentFromString("<root attr1='value1' attr2='value2'/>")
rootNode = nodes[0];
attributes = rootNode.getAttributeNames();
application.output(attributes[0])
application.output(attributes[1])
val1 = rootNode.getAttributeValue('attr1');
application.output(val1)

getChildNodes()

Return the child nodes of the current node.

Returns: Array

Sample

nodes = plugins.XmlReader.readXmlDocumentFromString('<father><child1>John</child1><child2>Mary</child2></father>');
application.output(nodes[0].getName())
application.output(nodes[0].getTextValue())
application.output(nodes[0].getType())
childs = nodes[0].getChildNodes()
application.output(childs[0].getName())
application.output(childs[0].getTextValue())
application.output(childs[0].getType())
subChilds = childs[0].getChildNodes()
application.output(subChilds[0].getName())
application.output(subChilds[0].getTextValue())
application.output(subChilds[0].getType())

getName()

Return the name of the XML node element.

Returns: String

Sample

nodes = plugins.XmlReader.readXmlDocumentFromString('<father><child1>John</child1><child2>Mary</child2></father>');
application.output(nodes[0].getName())
application.output(nodes[0].getTextValue())
application.output(nodes[0].getType())
childs = nodes[0].getChildNodes()
application.output(childs[0].getName())
application.output(childs[0].getTextValue())
application.output(childs[0].getType())
subChilds = childs[0].getChildNodes()
application.output(subChilds[0].getName())
application.output(subChilds[0].getTextValue())
application.output(subChilds[0].getType())

getTextValue()

Return the text-value of the XML node element.

Returns: String

Sample

nodes = plugins.XmlReader.readXmlDocumentFromString('<father><child1>John</child1><child2>Mary</child2></father>');
application.output(nodes[0].getName())
application.output(nodes[0].getTextValue())
application.output(nodes[0].getType())
childs = nodes[0].getChildNodes()
application.output(childs[0].getName())
application.output(childs[0].getTextValue())
application.output(childs[0].getType())
subChilds = childs[0].getChildNodes()
application.output(subChilds[0].getName())
application.output(subChilds[0].getTextValue())
application.output(subChilds[0].getType())

getType()

Return the type of the XML node element.

Returns: String

Sample

nodes = plugins.XmlReader.readXmlDocumentFromString('<father><child1>John</child1><child2>Mary</child2></father>');
application.output(nodes[0].getName())
application.output(nodes[0].getTextValue())
application.output(nodes[0].getType())
childs = nodes[0].getChildNodes()
application.output(childs[0].getName())
application.output(childs[0].getTextValue())
application.output(childs[0].getType())
subChilds = childs[0].getChildNodes()
application.output(subChilds[0].getName())
application.output(subChilds[0].getTextValue())
application.output(subChilds[0].getType())

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