toXML

The toXML function is used to include a part of the source XML document into the target document.

If the output produces XML, then the returned node will be included in the DOM of the resulting file. Otherwise, the returned node will be serialized before being inserted as a standard value.

Syntax

c4i:toXML(xPath)

Parameters

xPath

The XPath to the XML to include

Examples

Given the following STEP XML :

<STEP-ProductInformation>
    <Products>
        <Product ID="PRD1">
            <Values>
                <Value AttributeID="ATT_1">Test Value</Value>
            </Values>
        </Product>
    </Products>
</STEP-ProductInformation>

The toXML function can be used as shown in the following examples :

Producing XML files

- Product:
    product://MyProductsRoot/Products/Product[./@ID]:
        - ./@ID: ./@ID
        - c4i:toXML(.): .

<MyProductsRoot>
    <Products>
         <Product ID="PRD1">
            <Values>
                <Value AttributeID="ATT_1">Test Value</Value>
            </Values>
        </Product>
    </Products>
</MyProductsRoot>

Producing text files

- Product:
    product[id]:
        - ./@ID: id
        - c4i:toXML(.): xml

id;xml
PRD1;<Product ID="PRD1"><Values><Value AttributeID="ATT_1">Test Value</Value></Values></Product>