Additional attributes (such as "xmlns:xsi") in document

Question

How can I add some additional attributes in in my toplevel element when creating
a new XML document from scratch using XMLBeans. For example the attributes "xmlns:xsi"
and "xsi:schemaLocation" in the sample below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MyDoc xmlns="http://www.xxx.nl/yyy" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xxx.nl/yyy myXsd.xsd">
<..../>
<..../>
</MyDoc>
XML does add the "xmlns" attribute itself. How can I add the two other attributes?
Currently I have a workaround. I read an "empty" XML-file containing these attributes
using XMLBeans (parse) and then I fill the empty structure. But I feel that there
has to be a better solution. Unfortunately I cannot find it.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Hello Olaf -- You might trying using an XML cursor. So assuming you've
compiled a schema to generate XMLBeans types, you might do something like
the following.
MyDocDocument myDocDoc = MyDocDocument.Factory.newInstance();
MyDoc myDoc = MyDocDocument.getMyDoc();
// Create a cursor and move it to where you want to start inserting
attributes.
XmlCursor cursor = myDoc.newCursor();
cursor.toFirstContentToken();
cursor.toLastAttribute();
// Insert your attributes.
cursor.insertAttributeWithValue("schemaLocation","http://www.w3.com/2001/XML
Schema-instance", "http://www.xxx.nl/yyy myXsd.xsd");
// ...add other attributes in a similar way...
// Dispose of the cursor.
cursor.dispose();
Without a schema, you'd be working with the XmlObject returned from your
newInstance or parse method.
Steve
"Olaf Wienk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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How can I add some additional attributes in in my toplevel element whencreating
a new XML document from scratch using XMLBeans. For example the attributes"xmlns:xsi"
and "xsi:schemaLocation" in the sample below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MyDoc xmlns="http://www.xxx.nl/yyy"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xxx.nl/yyy myXsd.xsd">
<..../>
<..../>
</MyDoc>
XML does add the "xmlns" attribute itself. How can I add the two otherattributes?
>
Currently I have a workaround. I read an "empty" XML-file containing theseattributes
using XMLBeans (parse) and then I fill the empty structure. But I feelthat there
has to be a better solution. Unfortunately I cannot find it.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance.