Re: XML tools

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