XMLTool

The XMLTool

The XMLTool can be used to parse an remote xml file and iterate over each object returned in the xml file as needed

Class: com.dotmarketing.viewtools.xmltool.java

Name: $xmltool - (way to refer to the tool in the Velocity context)

Toolbox Configuration Example

  <tool>
    <key>xmltool</key>
    <scope>application</scope>
    <class>com.dotmarketing.viewtools.xmltool</class>
  </tool>

Here's a usage example created by Chris Falzone of the dotCMS community - Thanks Chris!

Example of a xml page that can be parsed: http://www.w3schools.com/XML/cd_catalog.xml

To parse the XML file on a dotCMS page, preview the following example which is doing a parse of an xml page and then iterating over 5 objects in the parse at the bottom of this document:

#set($myXML = $xmltool.read("https://www.w3schools.com/XML/cd_catalog.xml"))
<table  border="1" style="width:100%;">
  <tr>
    <th><h2>Title</h2></th>
    <th><h2>Artist</h2></th>
    <th><h2>Country</h2></th>
    <th><h2>Company</h2></th>
    <th><h2>Price</h2></th>
    <th><h2>Year</h2></th>
  </tr>
#foreach($cd in $myXML.children().iterator())
  #set($cdXML = $xmltool.parse($cd))
    #if($velocityCount<=5)
     <tr>
      <td>
     $cdXML.TITLE.text </td>
      <td>
      $cdXML.ARTIST.text </td>
      <td>
      $cdXML.COUNTRY.text </td>
      <td>
      $cdXML.COMPANY.text </td>
      <td>
      ${esc.d}$cdXML.PRICE.text </td>
      <td>
      $cdXML.YEAR.text</td>
     </tr>
  #end
#end
</table>

***Pull from w3schools "CD Catalog" XML Page***

Title	Artist	Country	Company	Price	Year
Empire Burlesque	Bob Dylan	USA	Columbia	$10.90	1985
Hide your heart	Bonnie Tyler	UK	CBS Records	$9.90	1988
Greatest Hits	Dolly Parton	USA	RCA	$9.90	1982
Still got the blues	Gary Moore	UK	Virgin records	$10.20	1990
Eros	Eros Ramazzotti	EU	BMG	$9.90	1997

XMLTool - Documentation topics on: parse,velocity tools,webservices,xml,xmltool,xslt,.

XMLTool

The XMLTool

Title

Artist

Country

Company

Price

Year