Extensions.Xml.CreateXmlElement

Classification

Name	CreateXmlElement
Short Description	Creates a new XmlElement.
Class	Term
Extension	OTX Xml extension
Group	Xml related Terms
Exceptions	-
Checker Rules	Xml_Chk002
Standard Compliant	Yes

OTL Syntax

XmlElementTerm Xml.CreateXmlElement(StringTerm name, StringTerm text, MapTerm attributes);

Description

The CreateXmlElement term is used to create a new XmlElement. Special characters '<', '>' and '&' shall be escaped.

Return Value

The Term returns the value, see table below.

In OTX, Terms are categorized according to its return data type!

Data Type	Description
XmlElement	The new XmlElement.

Properties

Name	Data Type	Class	Default	Cardinality	Description
Attributes	Map	Term	-	[0..1]	Contains a map of name<string>/value<string> pairs representing the attributes of the XML element. The attribute order is not specified. The name can contain an arbitrary namespace in form of "Prefix:Name".
Name	String	Term	-	[1..1]	The name of an XML element. The value can contain an arbitrary namespace in form of "Prefix:Name".
Text	String	Term	-	[0..1]	The string representation of the text of an XML element.

OTL Examples

/// Local Declarations

Xml.XmlElement XmlElement1;
		
/// Flow

XmlElement1 = Xml.CreateXmlElement("root", "text", {"attr":"val"});

See also

CopyXmlElement
CreateXmlDocument
GetXmlElementAttributes
GetXmlElementChildElements
GetXmlElementName
GetXmlElementsByXPath
GetXmlElementText
GetXmlRootElement
XmlFromByteField
XmlLoadFromFile
XmlToByteField