Re: XML-INTO, Handlers and large blocks of data.

Yes, but in this case we are just looking at one big blob of data. Scott in
HTTP examples gives an example of the same thing. (EXAMPLE17). An XML
document embedded inside a soap message. In his case just a small amount of
information. In my case, 250000 bytes.

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On May 6, 2011, at 11:44 AM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

This is more for my information that anything else. Because I am at V6R1

I

could declare a huge variable and do an XM-INTO to extract it. My
understanding was that the handler would break it down into smaller

pieces

but it didn't do it.

Using XML-INTO with a handler does not change the RPG data definition
requirements. You still define everything the same way as you would if you
weren't using a handler. For example if the XML looks like this:

<Customers>
<RecordCount> 6 </RecordCount>
<Company>Phones R Us</Company>
<Company>Suchadeal Bank</Company>
<Company>Rinky Dinky Toy Co.</Company>
<Company>Partner400</Company>
<Company>BlackHole Navigation</Company>
<Company>Banker's Trust</Company>
</Customers>

Then the basic XML-INTO would be:

d extractedData DS
d company 32a Dim(99)

/Free
XML-INTO company
%XML(XML_Input1: 'case=any' );

If using handler it would look like this: (handling in 4 "unit" chunks)

d HandleCompany pr 10i 0
d commArea 10i 0
d company 32a Dim(4) Const
d numElements 10i 0 Value


XML-INTO %Handler( HandleCompany: commArea )
%XML(XML_Data : 'path=Customers/Company case=any' );

The handler will not break the document up into arbitrary pieces - it has
to break it up into a number of repeated elements.


Jon Paris
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