Package scriptella.driver.xpath

XPath Driver for Scriptella.

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Description

Class Summary

Driver	Represents a driver for querying XML files with XPath expressions.
XPathConnection	Represents a connection to an XML file.
XPathQueryExecutor	Executor for XPath queries.

Exception Summary

XPathProviderException

Thrown to indicate a problem with XML file querying.

Package scriptella.driver.xpath Description

XPath Driver for Scriptella.

Allows querying an XML file based on XPath expressions.

General information

Driver class:	scriptella.driver.xpath.Driver
URL:	XML file URL. URIs are resolved relative to a script file directory.
Runtime dependencies:	None

Driver Specific Properties

Name	Description	Required
trim	Value of true specifies that the leading and trailing whitespaces in text file lines should be omitted..	No, the default value is true.

Query Syntax

XPath driver supports XPath syntax to query text files.

The query is executed on a XML Document and produces a rowset for matched nodes. The attribute and element values can be referenced from nested scripts/queries. The following example illustrates querying mechanism:

Example:

XPath: /A selects root element <A>

<A B="1">
    <B>2</B>
    <C>3</C>
</A>

Available variables for matched element <A>:

Name	Value
A	2 3
B	1
C	3

The value of variable A represents text content inside XML element <A>, the value of variable B represents value of B attribute and the value of variable C represents text content inside element <C>.

Additional notes:

• Currently only Node Set can be selected in XPath expressions, i.e. attributes or elements but not String, Boolean or Number

Script Syntax

<script> elements are not supported by the driver.

Properties substitution

In query elements ${property} or $property syntax is used for properties/variables substition.

Examples

<connection id="in" driver="xpath" url="data.xml"/>
<connection id="out" driver="text" url="report.csv"/>

<query connection-id="in">
    /HTML/BODY/TABLE/TR
    <script connection-id="out">
        $rownum;${td[0]};${td[1]}
    </script>
</query>

Extracts rows from tables in data.xml file and produces report.csv.