$$xml

Converts an object to XML string (a wrapper element can be added by specifying the field root with the element name)

Optionally runs an XSLT over the result before returning it

Usage

{ 
  "$$xml": /* "XML structured" JSON object */,
  "root": null /* string */,
  "xslt": null /* string */,
  "indent": false /* boolean */
}

"$$xml([root],[xslt],[indent]):{input}"

note

Concrete values in the usage example are default values.

Returns

string - XML String

Arguments

Argument	Type	Values	Required / Default Value	Description
Primary	object		Yes	"XML structured" JSON object
root	string		null	Name for a wrapper element (e.g. an array was passed and a container is needed)
xslt	string		null	XSLT document to transform xml created from input
indent	boolean	false/true	false	Whether to pretty print the XML

Examples

Input

Definition

Output

{
  "root": ""
}

"$$xml:$"

<root/>

Test

{
  "root": "",
  "root_b": ""
}

"$$xml:$"

<root/><root_b/>

Test

{
  "root": "",
  "root_b": ""
}

"$$xml(container):$"

<container><root/><root_b/></container>

Test

{
  "root": "",
  "root_b": ""
}

"$$xml(container,,true):$"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><container>
  <root/>
  <root_b/>
</container>

Test

{
  "root": ""
}

{
  "$$xml": "$",
  "root": "container"
}

<container><root/></container>

Test

null

{
  "$$xml": {
    "hello": {
      "hi": [
        "",
        ""
      ],
      "to": "world"
    }
  }
}

<hello><hi/><hi/><to>world</to></hello>

Test

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
         <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
         xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
         
         <xsl:template match="/container">
         <my_record>
           <first><xsl:value-of select="a" /></first>
           <second><xsl:value-of select="b" /></second>
         </my_record>
         </xsl:template>
               
     </xsl:stylesheet>

{
  "$$xml": {
    "a": "AAA",
    "b": "BBB"
  },
  "root": "container",
  "xslt": "$"
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><my_record><first>AAA</first><second>BBB</second></my_record>

Test

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"><xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/><xsl:strip-space elements="*"/><xsl:template match="/"><xsl:copy-of select="."/></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

{
  "$$xml": {
    "tag1": {
      "value": "lorem"
    },
    "tag2": {
      "items": [
        {
          "id": 1
        },
        {
          "id": 2
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "root": "root",
  "xslt": "$"
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><root>
    <tag1>
        <value>lorem</value>
    </tag1>
    <tag2>
        <items>
            <id>1</id>
        </items>
        <items>
            <id>2</id>
        </items>
    </tag2>
</root>

Test