XML (By Eric Korson)

XML Example (View cars.xml)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Erics cars.xml Example -->
<company name="General Motors">
	<car carid="1">
		 <carname>Buick Enclave</carname>
		 <caryear>2008</caryear>
		 <cardescription>Big, quiet, old-fashioned Buick</cardescription>
	</car>   
	<car carid="2">
		 <carname>Chevrolet Aveo5</carname>
		 <caryear>2009</caryear>
		 <cardescription>GM's best kept secret with superior suspension.</cardescription>
	</car>  
	<car carid="3">
		 <carname>Pontiac G8 GXP</carname>
		 <caryear>2009</caryear>
		 <cardescription>High-tech, four-door muscle car</cardescription>
	</car> 	  
</company>

ColdFusion Code

<cfoutput>#HTMLCodeFormat(carsXmlFile)#</cfoutput></td>

<cfset myXmlObject = XmlParse(carsXmlFile)>

<cfset theRootElement = myXmlObject.XmlRoot>

<cfset numberOfChildren = ArrayLen(theRootElement.XmlChildren)>

<h5>ColdFusion Code:</h5>

Is myXmlObject a valid XML Document Object: #isXmlDoc(myXmlObject)# 
The name of the root element is: #theRootElement.XmlName# 
The #theRootElement.XmlName# name is: #theRootElement.XmlAttributes["Name"]# 
Is #theRootElement.XmlName# really the root element? #isXmlRoot(theRootElement)# 
Is #theRootElement.XmlName# an XML element? #isXmlElem(theRootElement)# 
How many child elements does the root element #theRootElement.XmlName# have? #numberOfChildren#

<h5>XML Contents</h5>

<hr>

<cfloop index="i" from="1" to="#numberOfChildren#">
[Element #i# #theRootElement.XmlChildren[i].XmlName#] 
	
	<cfloop collection="#theRootElement.XmlChildren[i].XmlAttributes#" item="j">
		#j#: #theRootElement.XmlChildren[i].XmlAttributes[j]# 
		#theRootElement.XmlChildren[i]["carname"].XmlName# = #theRootElement.XmlChildren[i]["carname"].xmlText# 
		#theRootElement.XmlChildren[i]["caryear"].XmlName# = #theRootElement.XmlChildren[i]["caryear"].xmlText# 
		#theRootElement.XmlChildren[i]["cardescription"].XmlName# = #theRootElement.XmlChildren[i]["cardescription"].xmlText#<hr>
	</cfloop>
</cfloop>
The index position of the second occurence of "car" is: #xmlChildPos(theRootElement,"car",2)#
</cfoutput>
<cfscript>
	elementPosition = XMLChildPos(myXmlObject.company.car[2], "cardescription", 1);
	writeOutput("Deleting the child element [cardescription] at element position: " & elementPosition &" ");
	ArrayDeleteAt(myXmlObject.company.car[2].XmlChildren, elementPosition); 
</cfscript>

myXmlObject - xml document [short version]

XmlRoot

myXmlObject - xml element

XmlName

company

XmlNsPrefix

XmlNsURI

XmlText

XmlComment

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct
name	General Motors

XmlChildren

myXmlObject - xml element

XmlName

car

XmlNsPrefix

XmlNsURI

XmlText

XmlComment

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct
carid	1

XmlChildren

myXmlObject - xml element

XmlName

carname

XmlNsPrefix

XmlNsURI

XmlText

Buick Enclave

XmlComment

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct [empty]

XmlChildren

myXmlObject - xml element

XmlName

caryear

XmlNsPrefix

XmlNsURI

XmlText

2008

XmlComment

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct [empty]

XmlChildren

myXmlObject - xml element

XmlName

cardescription

XmlNsPrefix

XmlNsURI

XmlText

Big, quiet, old-fashioned Buick

XmlComment

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct [empty]

XmlChildren

myXmlObject - xml element

XmlName

car

XmlNsPrefix

XmlNsURI

XmlText

XmlComment

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct
carid	2

XmlChildren

myXmlObject - xml element

XmlName

carname

XmlNsPrefix

XmlNsURI

XmlText

Chevrolet Aveo5

XmlComment

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct [empty]

XmlChildren

myXmlObject - xml element

XmlName

caryear

XmlNsPrefix

XmlNsURI

XmlText

2009

XmlComment

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct [empty]

XmlChildren

myXmlObject - xml element

XmlName

cardescription

XmlNsPrefix

XmlNsURI

XmlText

GM's best kept secret with superior suspension.

XmlComment

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct [empty]

XmlChildren

myXmlObject - xml element

XmlName

car

XmlNsPrefix

XmlNsURI

XmlText

XmlComment

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct
carid	3

XmlChildren

myXmlObject - xml element

XmlName

carname

XmlNsPrefix

XmlNsURI

XmlText

Pontiac G8 GXP

XmlComment

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct [empty]

XmlChildren

myXmlObject - xml element

XmlName

caryear

XmlNsPrefix

XmlNsURI

XmlText

2009

XmlComment

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct [empty]

XmlChildren

myXmlObject - xml element

XmlName

cardescription

XmlNsPrefix

XmlNsURI

XmlText

High-tech, four-door muscle car

XmlComment

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct [empty]

XmlChildren

company

XmlText

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct
name	General Motors

car

XmlText

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct
carid	1

carname

XmlText

Buick Enclave

caryear

XmlText

2008

cardescription

XmlText

Big, quiet, old-fashioned Buick

car

XmlText

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct
carid	2

carname

XmlText

Chevrolet Aveo5

caryear

XmlText

2009

cardescription

XmlText

GM's best kept secret with superior suspension.

car

XmlText

XmlAttributes

myXmlObject - struct
carid	3

carname

XmlText

Pontiac G8 GXP

caryear

XmlText

2009

cardescription

XmlText

High-tech, four-door muscle car

Is myXmlObject a valid XML Document Object: YES
The name of the root element is: company
The company name is: General Motors
Is company really the root element? YES
Is company an XML element? YES
How many child elements does the root element company have? 3

XML Contents

[Element 1 car]
carid: 1
carname = Buick Enclave
caryear = 2008
cardescription = Big, quiet, old-fashioned Buick

[Element 2 car]
carid: 2
carname = Chevrolet Aveo5
caryear = 2009
cardescription = GM's best kept secret with superior suspension.

[Element 3 car]
carid: 3
carname = Pontiac G8 GXP
caryear = 2009
cardescription = High-tech, four-door muscle car

The index position of the second occurence of "car" is: 2

Deleting the child element [cardescription] at element position: 3