XML Manipulation

Input (Requirements)

• Operation
  • Get                          retrieves data
  • Set                          writes/modifies data
  • Delete                     deletes data
  • Length                    obtain # of elements
  • Appendnext            appends data at the same level
  • Appendchild           appends data to a level below
  • Input XML file                      file must have extension .xml
  • Input Xpath statement        see above link for more explanations

Input (Advanced)

• Output xml file-path          must specify output file path for delete, set, and append menus
• String for Value                 used to specify value for set and append menus
• Strip Blanks                      removes white spaces before and after the returned value (get)

Output

• Return Value
  • String for the get and length operations
  • Output file path for set, delete, and append operations

• Return Code
  • 0 for successful execution
  • 1 for invalid xml input file
  • 2 for invalid Xpath statement
  • 99 for everything else

Parameter Setting Examples

Below examples are using this sample .xml file

1)      Get value with Absolute Xpath

2)      Get value with Relative Xpath

3)      Get attribute with Relative Xpath

4)      Length operation

5)      Delete value operation

6)      Delete attribute operation

7)      Set value operation – modification of existing value

8)      Set attribute – modifying existing attribute

9)      Set attribute – adding non-existing attribute

10)      Append_next operation

11)      Append_child operation

Return Code