WRITE

The WRITE command is used to create and write out XML components.

The OBJECT keyword specifies the type of XML component to create.

Required

WRITE ---- OBJECT ---------- *DOCUMENTSTART ------------------->

*DOCTYPE

*COMMENT

*INSTRUCTION

*NAMESPACE

*ELEMENTSTART

*TEXT

*CDATA

*ELEMENTEMD

*DOCUMENTEND

Optional

>-- NAME ------------ qualified name ------------------->

>-- PREFIX ---------- prefix --------------------------->

>-- NAMESPACE ------- namespace ------------------------>

>-- TEXT ------------ text ----------------------------->

>-- TARGET ---------- target --------------------------->

>-- DATA ------------ data -----------------------------|

Keywords

OBJECT	This mandatory keywords specifies the type of XML element to be created. The possible values for the OBJECT keyword are: DOCUMENTSTART DOCTYPE COMMENT INSTRUCTION NAMESPACE ELEMENTSTART TEXT CDATA ELEMENTEND ELEMENTEMPTY *DOCUMENTEND
NAME	This keyword specifies the qualified XML element name. This keyword is used with the following OBJECT types. ELEMENTSTART ELEMENTEMPTY The notation for expressing a qualified element name as a string is to enclosed the namespace URI inside curly brackets and prefix the element name with this namespace. For example: {http://www.cars.com/xml}part Element attributes can be created by using a two field working list that contains qualified attribute name and values as an argument to the WRITE OBJECT(*ELEMENTSTART) command.
PREFIX	This keyword specifies an XML prefix and is only used with the OBJECT type of *NAMESPACE.
NAMESPACE	This keyword specifies an XML namespace and is only used with the OBJECT type of *NAMESPACE.
TEXT	This keyword specifies the text value. This keyword is used with the following OBJECT types. DOCTYPE COMMENT TEXT CDATA
TARGET	This keyword specifies the processing instruction target and is only used with the OBJECT type of *INSTRUCTION.
DATA	This keyword specifies the processing instruction data and is only used with the OBJECT type of *INSTRUCTION.

Example

OPEN FILE ( order.xml )

WRITE OBJECT ( *DOCUMENTSTART )

WRITE OBJECT ( *DOCTYPE ) TEXT ( <!DOCTYPE Orders SYSTEM "order.dtd"> )

WRITE OBJECT ( *COMMENT ) TEXT ( Some comment text )

WRITE OBJECT ( *INSTRUCTION ) TARGET ( action ) DATA ( reply )

SET OBJECT ( *PREFIX ) PREFIX ( abc ) NAMESPACE ( http://salesorder.com )

SET OBJECT ( *DEFAULTNS ) NAMESPACE ( http://parts.com )

WRITE OBJECT ( *ELEMENTSTART ) NAME ( {http://acme.com}Orders ) #WRKLST - attribute list

WRITE OBJECT ( *TEXT ) TEXT ( Some text )

WRITE OBJECT ( *ELEMENTEND )

WRITE OBJECT ( *ELEMENTEMPTY ) NAME ( {http://acmme.com}SalesOrder )

WRITE OBJECT ( *ELEMENTSTART ) NAME ( {http://acme.com}Address )

WRITE OBJECT ( *CDATA ) TEXT ( Some text )

WRITE OBJECT ( *NAMESPACE ) PREFIX ( def ) NAMESPACE ( http://acme2.com )

WRITE OBJECT ( *ELEMENTEND )

WRITE OBJECT ( *DOCUMENTEND )

Examples

RDML

USE BUILTIN(JSM_COMMAND) WITH_ARGS('WRITE OBJECT(*DOCUMENTSTART)') TO_GET(#JSMSTS #JSMMSG #WRKLST)

RDMLX

use builtin(jsmx_command) with_args(#jsmxhdle1 'write object(*documentstart)') to_get(#jsmxsts #jsmxmsg #wrklst)