Creating XML data

XML documents as target

As the transfer target, the XML object creates XML code based on the configured X-Path queries.

• The XML code can be transferred further, e.g., to a database. A script would be required to create an XML file.

For example, the following is delivered from a table:

Author	Title
Heinrich Mann	The Subject
Thomas Mann	Buddenbrooks: Decline of a Family

This is used to generate an XML file with the known structure.

• Name: "Author," X-Path expression "/catalog/book/author"
• Name: "Title," X-Path expression "/catalog/book/title"

For this example, you need two staggered XML objects. The first will convert the result sets into individual XML elements, and the second will combine the elements into a document:

1. The data records to be written are queried from a database and transferred to the X-Path elements of the first XML transfer object. 2. The XML object generates the XML code. The XML object contains the familiar X-Path expressions

• Name: "Author," X-Path expression "book/author"
• Name: "Title," X-Path expression "book/title"

as well as the basic structure

       <book>
          <author></author>
          <title></title>
       </book>

The XML output = "Output multiple XML documents" property is important so that each data record from the database becomes a separate element.

The structure could also be transferred dynamically at runtime, e.g., from a text file or a database. 3. The code is transferred from the XML element to the X-Path element of the second XML transfer object. This object only contains the XML declaration and the root element:

    <?xml version="1.0"?>

With the X-Path query /catalog and the XML output property "Combine in one document" 4. The code can be transferred further. Here, a script transfer object is used to create a file. The file path (type: string) and XML content (type: array, string) are transferred as input parameters:

       public override void Write()
          {
             StringBuilder stb = new StringBuilder();
             stb.AppendLine(&quot;<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>

&quot;);
             foreach(string xml in XMLContent)
             {
               stb.AppendLine(xml.Substring(xml.IndexOf(&quot;?&gt;&quot;)+2));
             }
             System.IO.File.WriteAllText(FilePath, stb.ToString());
          }