Re: XML tools

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I use CGIDEV2 to generate XML. It works great, easy to use and maintain.

Jon Paris wrote:

> The original article on generating XML from RPG using CGIDEV2 is here: http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/developer/rpg/Using-CGIDEV2-for-Generating-XML/
>
> We also mentioned some different approaches based on new tooling towards the bottom of this page: http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/developer/rpg/open_source_rpg_apps/?page=2
>
> This is a simple example of the powerExt approach:
>
>   xmlNode( 'rootElement' );
>      xmlNode( 'Element1': '': elementValue1 );
>      xmlNode( 'Element2' );
>         xmlNode( 'Child1': '': childValue1 );
>         xmlNode( 'Child2': '': childValue2 );
>      xmlEndNode();
>   xmlEndNode();
>                                           
>   echoToStmf( '/inetworktread.xml': 1208 );         
>
> And this is a similar example using XMLi:
>
> // Tell xmli you want to build xml in a variable.                                                  
> xmli_useVariable(char1024);                                           
> xmli_setFormat(XML_FORMAT_SIMPLE);                                    
>                                                                       
> // Build some XML 
> xmli_openTag( 'rootElement' );                                            
>   xmli_addElement( 'Element1' : elementValue1 );                             
>   xmli_addElement( 'Element2' );
>     xmli_addElement('Child1' : childValue1 );                             
>     xmli_addElement('Child2' : childValue2 );
>   xmli_closeTag( 'Element2' );                        
> xmli_closeTag( 'rootElement' );                                           
>                                                                       
> // XML is now in the char1024 variable...      
>                                                                       
> // Tell XMLi you're done building XML and don't need the variable linked anymore...
> xmli_freeVariable(char1024);                                     
>                                                                 
> // Now write the data to a file in the IFS...                                                 
> xmli_writeToFileWithVar( '/Examples/Results/XMLiTest.xml'  
>                       : char1024 : XML_ENCODING_UTF8); 
>
>
> XMLi can also use a rather sophisticated version of the CGIDEV2 template approach where the template can even include SQL statements.
>
>
> Jon Paris
>