Apply a paragraph style to XML elements that have a specific attribute

Question

1) I'm an almost complete noob when it comes to XML
2) I have an XML with a ssstructure like this:
<chapter>
     <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
     <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
     <list type="disk">
          <listitem>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
          </listitem>
     </list>
     <list type="square">
          <listitem>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
          </listitem>
     </list>
</chapter>
Is there a easyer way (except iterating all the xmlElements) to find all the lists and apply the appropriate paragraph style (i have a "list_with_disk" paragraphstyle, and a "list_with_square" one)?

Answer 1

Hi Vamitul,
Please try the below JS code.
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
//____________________ disk bullet style apply
try{
    var rootElement = myDoc.xmlElements.item(0);
    var linkElementList = rootElement.evaluateXPathExpression("//list[@type='disk']//paragraph");
    for(i=linkElementList.length-1; i>=0; i--){
        var myAttribute = linkElementList[i];
        myAttribute.xmlContent.appliedParagraphStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.itemByName("Disk");
    }catch(e){}
//____________________ Squar bullet style apply
try{
    var rootElement = myDoc.xmlElements.item(0);
    var linkElementList = rootElement.evaluateXPathExpression("//list[@type='square']//paragraph");
    for(i=linkElementList.length-1; i>=0; i--){
        var myAttribute = linkElementList[i];
        myAttribute.xmlContent.appliedParagraphStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.itemByName("Square");
    }catch(e){}
thx,
csm_phil