RXS_Parse()

This subprocedure is used to set up XML parsing. Use of this subprocedure requires an XML handler subprocedure to also be written.

The events recognized by the XML parser are:

Event	Format	Example
Element Begin	`>`	`Request>`
Element Content	`/`	`Request/Item/`
Element End	`/>`	`Request/>`
Attribute	`@`	`Request/Item@Attribute`

The Element Content and Attribute events will return data, which can be retrieved with RXS_STR().

Subprocedure Prototype

IBM i 7.1+

`D RXS_Parse... D PR Extproc('RXS_Parse') Opdesc`
`D pInput Like(RXS_Var16Mv_t) D Options(Omit:Varsize)`	Holds the XML data to be passed to the parsing subprocedure(s). Will be ignored if the Stmf subfield of the DS parameter is set.
`D pDS LikeDS(RXS_ParseDS_t) D Options(*Varsize)`	Holds a RXS_ParseDS_t data structure which controls how RXS_Parse() functions.

Example Code

IBM i 7.1+

Example 1: Simple Parse

*--------------------------------------------------------------
* This example parses a simple XML structure stored in the field
* 'XML' and stores the data contained in nodes <Node1> and <Node2>
* in the corresponding global fields.
*
* At a high level, the XML is passed into the XmlHandler() 
* subprocedure in small chunks. Then, a SELECT block is used to
* detect whether or not the current chunk of XML matches one
* you'd like to handle. If it does, you can extract the data from
* an element of attribute using RXS_STR().
*
* Once the XML has been entirely passed through XmlHander(), control
* returns to the main part of the program.
*--------------------------------------------------------------
H DFTACTGRP(*NO) BNDDIR('RXSBND') ACTGRP(*CALLER)

 /copy QRPGLECPY,RXSCB

D XmlHandler      PR
D  pType                        10A   Value
D  pXPath                     1024A   Value Varying
D  pData                          *   Value
D  pDataLen                     10I 0 Value

D ParseDS         DS                  LikeDS(RXS_ParseDS_t)
D                                     Inz(*LikeDS)
D XML             S                   Like(RXS_Var64Kv_t)
D Node1           S                   Like(RXS_Var1Kv_t)
D Node2           S                   Like(RXS_Var1Kv_t)
 /free
   XML = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' +
    '<Root><Node1>Hello</Node1><Node2>World</Node2></Root>';

   RXS_ResetDS( ParseDS : RXS_DS_TYPE_PARSE );
   ParseDS.GlobalHandler = %Paddr( XmlHandler );
   RXS_Parse( XML : ParseDS );

   RXS_JobLog( 'Node 1: %s' : Node1 );
   RXS_JobLog( 'Node 2: %s' : Node2 );

   *INLR = *ON;
 /end-free

P XmlHandler      B
D XmlHandler      PI
D  pType                        10A   Value
D  pXPath                     1024A   Value Varying
D  pData                          *   Value
D  pDataLen                     10I 0 Value
 /free
   select;
     when pXPath = '/Root/Node1/';
       Node1 = RXS_STR( pData : pDataLen );
     when pXPath = '/Root/Node2/';
       Node2 = RXS_STR( pData : pDataLen );
   endsl;
 /end-free
P                 E

Data Structures

RXS_ParseDS_t

`D RXS_ParseDS_t DS Qualified Template Inz`
`D ReturnedErrorInfo... D Like(RXS_ReturnedErrorInfoDS_t) Inz`
`D DataStructureType... D 5I 0 Inz(RXS_DS_TYPE_PARSE)`	Internal use only
`D OnErrorMessageType... D 5I 0`
`D GlobalHandler... D * Procptr`	Holds a PROCPTR to an XmlHandler subprocedure used to handle all possible XML events.
`D ElementContentHandler... D * Procptr`	Holds a PROCPTR to an XmlHandler subprocedure which will only respond to XML content events.
`D ElementBeginHandler... D * Procptr`	Holds a PROCPTR to an XmlHandler subprocedure which will only respond to XML begin events.
`D ElementEndHandler... D * Procptr`	Holds a PROCPTR to an XmlHandler subprocedure which will only respond to XML end events.
`D AttributeHandler... D * Procptr`	Holds a PROCPTR to an XmlHandler subprocedure which will only respond to XML attribute events.
`D IncludeNamespaces... D N`	Controls whether namespaces are factored into XML parsing - if RXS_NO, they will be ignored. Valid Values: `RXS_YES` `RXS_NO` Default Value: `RXS_NO`
`D InputCcsid... D 10I 0`	Specifies the CCSID of the XML being parsed.
`D OutputCcsid... D 10I 0`	Specifies the CCSID the parsed data will be converted to.
`D Stmf... D Like(RXS_Var1Kv_t)`	Specifies an IFS path to an XML file to parse instead of the Input parm.