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    The following javascript code and htm file can be used to create an XML writer. Settings = new JSettings(); this.State=="beg"; this.Nodes.push(">"); this.Xml.push().

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    The following javascript code and htm file can be used to create an XML writer. Settings = new JSettings(); this.State=="beg"; this.Nodes.push(">"); this.Xml.push().

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    XML Writer

    Uploaded by

    Raymond Rott
    The following javascript code and htm file can be used to create an XML writer. Settings = new JSettings(); this.State=="beg"; this.Nodes.push(">"); this.Xml.push().

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    The following javascript code and htm file can be used to create an XML writer [1]

    Global.js

    function JSettings()

    this.IE=document.all?true:false;

    this.MouseX=_JSettings_MouseX;

    this.MouseY=_JSettings_MouseY;

    this.SrcElement=_JSettings_SrcElement;

    this.Parent=_JSettings_Parent;

    this.RunOnLoad=_JSettings_RunOnLoad;

    this.FindParent=_JSettings_FindParent;

    this.FindChild=_JSettings_FindChild;

    this.FindSibling=_JSettings_FindSibling;

    this.FindParentTag=_JSettings_FindParentTag;

    function _JSettings_MouseX(e)

    {return this.IE?event.clientX:e.clientX;}

    function _JSettings_MouseY(e)

    {return this.IE?event.clientY:e.clientY;}

    function _JSettings_SrcElement(e)

    {return this.IE?event.srcElement:e.target;}

    function _JSettings_Parent(Node)

    {return this.IE?Node.parentNode:Node.parentElement;}

    function _JSettings_RunOnLoad(Meth){var Prev=(window.onload)?window.onload:function()


    {};window.onload=function(){Prev();Meth();};}

    function _JSettings_FindParent(Node, Attrib, Value)


    {var Root = document.getElementsByTagName("BODY")[0];

    Node = Node.parentNode; while (Node != Root && Node.getAttribute(Attrib) != Value)


    {Node=Node.parentNode;}

    if (Node.getAttribute(Attrib) == Value) {return Node;} else {return null;}}

    function _JSettings_FindParentTag(Node, TagName)

    {var Root = document.getElementsByTagName("BODY")[0];

    TagName=TagName.toLowerCase();

    Node = Node.parentNode; while (Node != Root && Node.tagName.toLowerCase() != TagName)


    {Node=Node.parentNode;}

    if (Node.tagName.toLowerCase() == TagName) {return Node;} else {return null;}}

    function _JSettings_FindChild(Node, Attrib, Value)

    if (Node.getAttribute)

    if (Node.getAttribute(Attrib) == Value) return Node;

    var I=0;

    var Ret = null;

    for (I=0;I<Node.childNodes.length;I++)

    Ret = FindChildByAttrib(Node.childNodes[I]);

    if (Ret) return Ret;

    return null;

    function _JSettings_FindSibling(Node, Attrib, Value)

    var Nodes=Node.parentNode.childNodes;

    var I=0;
    for (I=0;I<Nodes.length;I++)

    if (Nodes[I].getAttribute)

    if (Nodes[I].getAttribute(Attrib) == Value)

    {return Nodes[I];}

    return null;

    var Settings = new JSettings();

    XMLWriter.js

    function XMLWriter()

    this.XML=[];

    this.Nodes=[];

    this.State="";

    this.FormatXML = function(Str)

    if (Str)

    return Str.replace(/&/g, "&amp;").replace(/\"/g, "&quot;").replace(/</g, "&lt;").replace(/>/g,


    "&gt;");

    return ""

    }
    //begins a node: <Name

    this.BeginNode = function(Name)

    if (!Name) return;

    if (this.State=="beg") this.XML.push(">");

    this.State="beg";

    this.Nodes.push(Name);

    this.XML.push("<"+Name);

    //ends the current open node: />

    this.EndNode = function()

    if (this.State=="beg")

    this.XML.push("/>");

    this.Nodes.pop();

    else if (this.Nodes.length>0)

    this.XML.push("</"+this.Nodes.pop()+">");

    this.State="";

    //writes an attribute to the open node: <Node Name="Value"

    this.Attrib = function(Name, Value)

    {
    if (this.State!="beg" || !Name) return;

    this.XML.push(" "+Name+"=\""+this.FormatXML(Value)+"\"");

    //writes out a sting value to the open node

    this.WriteString = function(Value)

    if (this.State=="beg") this.XML.push(">");

    this.XML.push(this.FormatXML(Value));

    this.State="";

    //writes out a node and value: <Name>Value</Name>

    this.Node = function(Name, Value)

    if (!Name) return;

    if (this.State=="beg") this.XML.push(">");

    this.XML.push((Value=="" || !Value)?"<"+Name+"/>":"<"+Name+">"+this.FormatXML(Value)
    +"</"+Name+">");

    this.State="";

    //ends any nodes that have not been ended

    this.Close = function()

    while (this.Nodes.length>0)

    this.EndNode();

    this.State="closed";
    }

    //returns the entire xml document as a string

    this.ToString = function(){return this.XML.join("");}

    XMLTest.htm

    <html>

    <head>

    <script src="Global.js" language="javascript"></script>

    <script src="XMLWriter.js" language="javascript"></script>

    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

    function WriteTest()

    try

    var XML=new XMLWriter();

    XML.BeginNode("Example");

    XML.Attrib("SomeAttribute", "And Some Value");

    XML.Attrib("AnotherAttrib", "...");

    XML.WriteString("This is an example of the JS XML WriteString method.");

    XML.Node("Name", "Value");

    XML.BeginNode("SubNode");

    XML.BeginNode("SubNode2");

    XML.EndNode();

    XML.BeginNode("SubNode3");
    XML.WriteString("Blah blah.");

    XML.EndNode();

    XML.Close(); // Takes care of unended tags.

    // The replace in the following line are only for making the XML look prettier in the textarea.

    document.getElementById("ExampleOutput").value=XML.ToString().replace(/</g,"\n<");

    catch(Err)

    alert("Error: " + Err.description);

    return false;

    function WriteForm(e)

    try

    var Frm=Settings.SrcElement(e);

    var XML=new XMLWriter();

    XML.BeginNode(Frm.name);

    XML.Attrib("Example", "Attribute & Value");

    var Nodes=Frm.elements;

    for (var i=0;i<Nodes.length;i++)

    XML.Node(Nodes[i].name, Nodes[i].value);

    XML.EndNode();

    XML.Close();

    document.getElementById("ExampleOutput").value=XML.ToString().replace(/</g,"\n<");
    }

    catch(Err)

    alert("Error: " + Err.description);

    return false;

    </script>

    </head>

    <body>

    Try entering values into the following fields, then click the Test button to see the

    resulting XML.

    <form name="User" method="post" action="#" onsubmit="return WriteForm(event);">

    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

    <tr>

    <td>First Name:</td>

    <td><input type="text" name="FirstName" /></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

    <td>Middle Name:</td>

    <td><input type="text" name="MiddleName" /></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

    <td>Last Name:</td>

    <td><input type="text" name="LastName" /></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>
    <td>Birth Date:</td>

    <td>

    <input type="text" name="BirthDate" />

    <input type="submit" value="Test" />

    </td>

    </tr>

    </table>

    </form>

    <a href="#" onclick="WriteTest();">Or click here to see another XML exmaple.</a>

    <br /><br />

    Output:

    <form><textarea id="ExampleOutput" style="width:100%" rows="10"></textarea></form>

    </body>

    </html>

    Sources
    1. http://www.codeproject.com/KB/ajax/XMLWriter.aspx

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