xmlimportnode Properties

The XML source node imports data in XML format into the stream. You can import a single file, or all files in a directory. You can optionally specify a schema file from which to read the XML structure.

Example

node = stream.create("xmlimport", "My node")
node.setPropertyValue("full_filename", "c:/import/ebooks.xml")
node.setPropertyValue("records", "/author/name")

Table 1. xmlimportnode properties
`xmlimportnode` properties	Data type	Property description
`read`	`single` `directory`	Reads a single data file (default), or all XML files in a directory.
`recurse`	flag	Specifies whether to additionally read XML files from all the subdirectories of the specified directory.
`full_filename`	string	(required) Full path and file name of XML file to import (if `read = single`).
`directory_name`	string	(required) Full path and name of directory from which to import XML files (if `read = directory`).
`full_schema_filename`	string	Full path and file name of XSD or DTD file from which to read the XML structure. If you omit this parameter, structure is read from the XML source file.
`records`	string	XPath expression (e.g. /author/name) to define the record boundary. Each time this element is encountered in the source file, a new record is created.
`mode`	`read` `specify`	Read all data (default), or specify which items to read.
`fields`		List of items (elements and attributes) to import. Each item in the list is an XPath expression.