Evaluating a String to XML element

we had a xquery function
getProductRepo($columnSelect as xs:int) as ns0:productVal
for $productval in ns11:getProductVal()
return
<ns0:ProductVal>
<repo1>fn:data($productval/val)</repo1>
<repo2>fn:data($productval/val)</repo2>
<repo3>fn:data($productval/val)</repo3>
for $columnSelect in ns12:ColumnSelect()/module
let $columnVal=$columnSelect[$columnSelect]/column
<optionalElem?>fn:data($productval/$columnVal)</optionalElem>
</ns0:ProductVal>
in <optionalElem> we are expecting value is fn:data($productval/TotalProducts) ie "Arial".But we are getting TotalProducts ie the value of $columnVal.
is any method in xquery/xpath to evaluate a string to element name.
like eval().

Can you please post a clear description of your problem? I have no idea why you expect $productval/TotalProducts to be "Arial".
XQuery functions and operators can be found at
http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/
Are you looking for something like node-name( node ) ?

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Inserting Strings in XML elements

I have an xml file that describes the content of an OpenOffice document (content.xml). A node in the file contains a
bookmark named 'DateWritten' where data, in this case a date in string format "YYYY-MM-DD" , is to be entered. The node
looks like this:
<text:bookmark text:name="DateWritten"/></text:p>.
The requirement is to fill in the date programatically via a Java application so that the node would then look like this:
<text:bookmark text:name="DateWritten"/>2007-04-02</text:p>I have parsed the xml file and have successfully located this node with the following code and properties:
String bookmarkName = 'DateWritten';
String nodeName = node.getNodeName();
NamedNodeMap nnm = null;
if (nodeName.equals("text:bookmark"))
nnm = node.getAttributes();
Attr attribute = (Attr)nnm.item(0);
if ( (node.hasAttributes()) && (attribute.getValue().equals(bookmarkName)) )
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// now move the value '2007-04-02' between the <text></text> tags
}I have read a number of tutorials but none deal with this topic of simply being able to insert a string value in this way.
First of all I wonder if this is possible... does the Node interface or any of its subinterfaces support text insertion like this?
I have found a reasonable work around that functions well by simply reading the xml file to a StringBuffer, and parsing that SB to find the position of the bookmark, then doing the insertion.
But I would like to do it 'properly' with the org.w3c.dom interfaces and subinterfaces.
Is it possible to perform such operations with org.w3c.dom, and if so would someone kindly help me with the code that would make this operation succeed. Many thanks.

That didnt work for me, but what did was
node.setTextContent("2007-04-23");Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

XML Element to string conversion returning null

Hi,
When i try to convert XML Element to string using toString() API, it returns something like [device: null] where device is element tag.
Code is as follows -
Document xmlDoc;
DOMParser parser = (DOMParser)Class.forName("org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser").newInstance();
parser.setFeature( "http://apache.org/xml/features/dom/defer-node-expansion", true );
parser.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(tableStr)));
xmlDoc = parser.getDocument();
Element root = xmlDoc.getDocumentElement();
NodeList nodeList = root.getElementsByTagName("device");
Element deviceNode = (Element)nodeList.item(nodeList.getLength()-1);
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Hello ,
I want to get the root node (<ZTOP60_XML_TAG_STRUCTURE>
) of the following xml file .
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ZTOP60_XML_TAG_STRUCTURE>
     <MSGTYPE>NAPOBACK</MSGTYPE>
     <SNDPRN>657393485</SNDPRN>
     <RECEIVER/>
     <RCVPRN>GSOHUBDM1</RCVPRN>
     <PONUM/>
     <VENDCODE>0020040266</VENDCODE>
     <VENDUNS>002601768</VENDUNS>
     <PARTNERFUNC_WE>WE</PARTNERFUNC_WE>
     <PARTNERNUM_WE>C240</PARTNERNUM_WE>
     <LINE_ITEMS>
          <item>
               <ITEMNUM>00687</ITEMNUM>
               <POQTY>999999999.000</POQTY>
               <BOQTY>1.000</BOQTY>
               <GRQTY>7.000</GRQTY>
               <NETVAL>339.65</NETVAL>
               <PLANT>C240</PLANT>
               <MATNUM>FE-26865-01</MATNUM>
               <MATDESC>PTR, T632, LEXMARK 5-BIN MAILBOX</MATDESC>
               <PONUMBER>6500022388</PONUMBER>
               <EKGRP>U17</EKGRP>
               <DISPO>N07</DISPO>
          </item>
          <item>
               <ITEMNUM>00178</ITEMNUM>
               <POQTY>999999999.000</POQTY>
               <BOQTY>1.000</BOQTY>
               <GRQTY>303.000</GRQTY>
               <NETVAL>18.62</NETVAL>
               <PLANT>C240</PLANT>
               <MATNUM>FE-ZZYRG-01</MATNUM>
               <MATDESC>FDD,FDI-PC,1.44MB,3.5 ,HH</MATDESC>
               <PONUMBER>6500022388</PONUMBER>
               <EKGRP>U17</EKGRP>
               <DISPO>N07</DISPO>
          </item>
          <item>
               <ITEMNUM>00157</ITEMNUM>
               <POQTY>999999998.000</POQTY>
               <BOQTY>24.000</BOQTY>
               <GRQTY>303.000</GRQTY>
               <NETVAL>26.25</NETVAL>
               <PLANT>C240</PLANT>
               <MATNUM>FE-25094-01</MATNUM>
               <MATDESC>MOUSE,PC,3BUT,,INTELLIMOUSE,PS2</MATDESC>
               <PONUMBER>6500022388</PONUMBER>
               <EKGRP>U17</EKGRP>
               <DISPO>N07</DISPO>
          </item>
          <item>
               <ITEMNUM>00881</ITEMNUM>
               <POQTY>999999999.000</POQTY>
               <BOQTY>1.000</BOQTY>
               <GRQTY>62.000</GRQTY>
               <NETVAL>368.80</NETVAL>
               <PLANT>C240</PLANT>
               <MATNUM>FD-66515-01</MATNUM>
               <MATDESC>ITU MODULE ASM</MATDESC>
               <PONUMBER>6500022388</PONUMBER>
               <EKGRP>U17</EKGRP>
               <DISPO>N07</DISPO>
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          <item>
               <ITEMNUM>00223</ITEMNUM>
               <POQTY>999999999.000</POQTY>
               <BOQTY>1.000</BOQTY>
               <GRQTY>377.000</GRQTY>
               <NETVAL>459.28</NETVAL>
               <PLANT>C240</PLANT>
               <MATNUM>FD-65336-01</MATNUM>
               <MATDESC>MAIN SYSTEM BOARD T23 (2647)</MATDESC>
               <PONUMBER>6500022388</PONUMBER>
               <EKGRP>U17</EKGRP>
               <DISPO>N07</DISPO>
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          <item>
               <ITEMNUM>00081</ITEMNUM>
               <POQTY>999999999.000</POQTY>
               <BOQTY>19.000</BOQTY>
               <GRQTY>810.000</GRQTY>
               <NETVAL>217.21</NETVAL>
               <PLANT>C240</PLANT>
               <MATNUM>FD-64199-01</MATNUM>
               <MATDESC>QST- CADET 100</MATDESC>
               <PONUMBER>6500022388</PONUMBER>
               <EKGRP>U17</EKGRP>
               <DISPO>N07</DISPO>
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          <item>
               <ITEMNUM>00271</ITEMNUM>
               <POQTY>999999999.000</POQTY>
               <BOQTY>1.000</BOQTY>
               <GRQTY>136.000</GRQTY>
               <NETVAL>813.76</NETVAL>
               <PLANT>C240</PLANT>
               <MATNUM>FD-60065-01</MATNUM>
               <MATDESC>SMART UPS 3000VA RM</MATDESC>
               <PONUMBER>6500022388</PONUMBER>
               <EKGRP>U17</EKGRP>
               <DISPO>N07</DISPO>
          </item>
          <item>
               <ITEMNUM>00791</ITEMNUM>
               <POQTY>999999999.000</POQTY>
               <BOQTY>1.000</BOQTY>
               <GRQTY>3.000</GRQTY>
               <NETVAL>201.73</NETVAL>
               <PLANT>C240</PLANT>
               <MATNUM>3X-PBXGG-AA</MATNUM>
               <MATDESC>ATI 7500 PCI GRAPHICS</MATDESC>
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               <EKGRP>U17</EKGRP>
               <DISPO>N07</DISPO>
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          <item>
               <ITEMNUM>00173</ITEMNUM>
               <POQTY>999999999.000</POQTY>
               <BOQTY>1.000</BOQTY>
               <GRQTY>32.000</GRQTY>
               <NETVAL>7.50</NETVAL>
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               <BOQTY>15.000</BOQTY>
               <GRQTY>71.000</GRQTY>
               <NETVAL>51.23</NETVAL>
               <PLANT>C240</PLANT>
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               <DISPO>N07</DISPO>
          </item>
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</ZTOP60_XML_TAG_STRUCTURE>
I wrote the following lines of code ..
FTI .. >> String strMsg =((javax.jms.TextMessage)msg).getText();
StrMsg is a string that represents an xml file .
DocumentBuilderFactory docfactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
               DocumentBuilder builder = docfactory.newDocumentBuilder();
               Document doc = builder.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(strMsg)));
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I am getting the following error ...
The root is [ZTOP60_XML_TAG_STRUCTURE: null]
The file name is [ZTOP60_XML_TAG_STRUCTURE: null].xml
Whey the file name or root is with special character [ ] and null ..
I want just ZTOP60_XML_TAG_STRUCTURE.xml .
Can anyone help me .
thanks
mahesh

How to parse whole xml elements into a java String

hello everybody,
I am trying to parse whole xml into a string for example
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<root>
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    <element>
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    </element>
</root>
in java whole data should be transfered as
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Hi,
My Xquery fucntion is shown below:
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<bb>two</bb>
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$Context as xs:string,
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Error While trying to Get XML element(tag) Values

We are trying to get XML element (TAG) value from the XML pay load.
Example.
Getting XML String from a web service and then converting into XML payload.
ora:parseEscapedXML(bpws:getVariableData('signOn_Out','signOnReturn'))
From this XML payload we are trying to get an element (Tag) value.
We are getting following error
Error in evaluate <from> expression at line "130". The result is empty for the XPath expression : "/client:TririgaProcessResponse/client:User/client:LastName".
oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLElement@118dc2a
{http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2003/03/business-process/}selectionFailure" has been thrown.
- <selectionFailure xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2003/03/business-process/">
- <part name="summary">
<summary>
empty variable/expression result.
xpath variable/expression expression "/client:TririgaProcessResponse/client:User/client:LastName" is empty at line 130, when attempting reading/copying it.
Please make sure the variable/expression result "/client:TririgaProcessResponse/client:User/client:LastName" is not empty.
</summary>
</part>
</selectionFailure>
Here are signOnReturn and XML Payload XSD's
<schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified"
     elementFormDefault="qualified"
     targetNamespace="http://xmlns.oracle.com/Web1"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
     <element name="Web1ProcessRequest">
          <complexType>
               <sequence>
                    <element name="userName" type="string"/>
<element name="password" type="string"/>
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     </element>
     <element name="Web1ProcessResponse">
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               <sequence>
                    <element name="result" type="string"/>
               </sequence>
          </complexType>
     </element>
</schema>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
<schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified"
     elementFormDefault="qualified"
     targetNamespace="http://xmlns.oracle.com/Web"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
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<element name="User">
<complexType>
               <sequence>
                    <element name="Id" type="string"/>
<element name="CompanyId" type="string"/>
<element name="SecurityToken" type="string"/>
<element name="FirstName" type="string"/>
<element name="LastName" type="string"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>
               </sequence>
          </complexType>
     </element>
</schema>

I am sure and can see the data in audit trail.
[2006/12/12 09:17:36]
Updated variable "signOn_Output"
- <signOn_Output>
- <part xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="payload">
- <WebMethodsProcessResponse xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/WebMethods">
<Result xmlns="">
Success
</Result>
- <User xmlns="">
<Id>
2694069
</Id>
<CompanyId>
208133
</CompanyId>
<SecurityToken>
1165936654605
</SecurityToken>
<FirstName>
Jagan
</FirstName>
<LastName>
Rao
</LastName>
</User>
</WebMethodsProcessResponse>
</part>
</signOn_Output>
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[2006/12/12 09:17:36]
Updated variable "tririga"
- <tririga>
- <TririgaProcessResponse xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/WebMethods">
<Result xmlns="">
Success
</Result>
- <User xmlns="">
<Id>
2694069
</Id>
<CompanyId>
208133
</CompanyId>
<SecurityToken>
1165936654605
</SecurityToken>
<FirstName>
Jagan
</FirstName>
<LastName>
Rao
</LastName>
</User>
</TririgaProcessResponse>
</tririga>
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[2006/12/12 09:17:36]
Updated variable "Variable_2"
- <Variable_2>
- <part xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="payload">
- <TririgaProcessResponse xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/WebMethods">
<Result xmlns="">
Success
</Result>
- <User xmlns="">
<Id>
2694069
</Id>
<CompanyId>
208133
</CompanyId>
<SecurityToken>
1165936654605
</SecurityToken>
<FirstName>
Jagan
</FirstName>
<LastName>
Rao
</LastName>
</User>
</TririgaProcessResponse>
</part>
</Variable_2>
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[2006/12/12 09:17:36]
Error in evaluate <from> expression at line "130". The result is empty for the XPath expression : "/client:TririgaProcessResponse/client:User/client:LastName".
oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLElement@1c8768e
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[2006/12/12 09:17:36]
"{http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2003/03/business-process/}selectionFailure" has been thrown.
- <selectionFailure xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2003/03/business-process/">
- <part name="summary">
<summary>
empty variable/expression result.
xpath variable/expression expression "/client:TririgaProcessResponse/client:User/client:LastName" is empty at line 130, when attempting reading/copying it.
Please make sure the variable/expression result "/client:TririgaProcessResponse/client:User/client:LastName" is not empty.
</summary>
</part>
</selectionFailure>
Copy details to clipboard

Conversion of string into XML object

Hi
I am having some problems with conversion of string (containing XML data) into Flex XML object and binding it later to UI elements to output/maintain this data.
Binding of XML structure to UI elements works perfectly fine if I will do following:
1)      Hardcode XML object within Flex file
2)      Read xml file from repository (xml file inside the Flex project)
3)      Use HTTP request to retrieve XML data
Unfortunately none of the above scenarios suits my solution.
I am developing a prototype application for processing Flex forms inside SAP system. I have decided to make data bindings using XML structure stored in Data Base. When rendering form inside web browser based application I am retrieving corresponding XML schema (empty for new forms and populated for saved forms) and pass it to Flex form as a string type import parameter. Data is being passed correctly (I can display it on TextArea control for instance) but after conversion to XML and binding to DataGrid I am not getting any results.
I am converting string (containing XML) to XML object in following way:
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I am catching any potential errors but conversion is going well. After conversion I am not getting any results after binding it to DataGrid control and I am not able to access any of the nodes using AS code either. At the same time variable xml_obj is not empty (not null).
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Michael

David
First of all sorry for not stating it clearly but I am using Flex 3 for this development (at the moment it is the only choice when embedding Flex objects inside SAP applications).
You must have missed the bit where I am describing how this XML data finds its way inside Flex. I am passing it to Flex as String type parameter during rendering (directly from DB where it is stored).
Now, following code works perfect (XML is embedded inside Flex project):
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                                                import mx.controls.Alert;
                                                [Bindable]
                                                public var XML_list:XMLListCollection;
                                                private function setParameters():void
                                                               XML_list = new XMLListCollection(form_data.*);
                                ]]>
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                                                <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="COMMON" headerText="Popular name"/>
                                                <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="BOTANICAL" headerText="Botanical name"/>
                                                <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="ZONE" headerText="Zone"/>
                                                <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="LIGHT" headerText="Light"/>
                                                <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="PRICE" headerText="Price"/>
                                                <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="AVAILABILITY" headerText="Availability"/>
                                </mx:columns>
                </mx:DataGrid>
But following code does not work (XML passed to Flex form as String input parameter):
import sap.FlashIsland;
import mx.controls.Alert;
import mx.collections.XMLListCollection;
[Bindable]
public var xml_data:String;
private var form_data:XML;
[Bindable]
private var XML_list:XMLListCollection;
private function initApp():void
                FlashIsland.register(this);
private function setParameters():void
                try
                                form_data=new XML(xml_data);
                catch (error:Error)
                                Alert.show(error.toString());
                XML_list = new XMLListCollection(form_data.*);
XML string does find its way inside Flex form. I can display content of variable xml_data in TextArea and all looks fine. Conversion to XML (variable form_data) goes well (no error)
Please helpJ
Regards
Michael

[CS3] [JS] add XML Element to Insertion Points

hi list,
i'll do some text parsing in indesign cs3 intended to add some xml elements to my document.
i just wonder why i can't markup an insertion point. is the following approach correct? The code works fine, only the return value (stored in the _xml variable) is not the new element but the parent element. The same code works without using the insertion point (marking up the text object [xmlElements.add(_dokument.xmlTags.item("index") , erg[0]))] ).
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hi dave,
gui testing is always a good idea :-) but in this case the behaviour is different:
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in the script a new element is added but the return value is the parent element (the xmlElement of the whole story).
this causes a problem when i add an attribute (the intention of the above script is to add references) which is added to the parent element.
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Carriage Returns and Tabs in XML element

I have a number of carriage returns and tabs within an xml element. When I take that element I would like it to transform to html in which I am then displaying within a JEditorPane. However, when I do this it is one long string. I have tried the xml:space="preserve" within that element and this still is not working.
Here is part of the xml with the carriage return line feeds. The element that I am talking about is called pseudocode. You can see it is displayed correctly below.
Design Document XML : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><design-doc><title-page><title>Testing Document</title><class-prepared-for>Lloyd</class-prepared-for><authors>Ben Garbers</authors><date-created>September 23, 2004</date-created></title-page><introduction text="This is the introduction. This is the introduction."/><class-definitions><class-definition class-name="ClassOne" visibility="public" class-complexity="not complex"><global-variables><variable visibility="public" name="VariableOne" object="String" comments="This is a String."/><variable visibility="public" name="VariableTwo" object="Integer" comments="This is an Integer."/></global-variables><methods><method name="MethodOne" synopsis="This will do some things." purpose="public" visibility="public"><input-parms><variable visibility="null" name="firstName" object="String" comments="null"/></input-parms><output-parms><variable visibility="null" name="lastName" object="String" comments="null"/></output-parms><local-variables><variable visibility="null" name="age" object="int" comments="null"/></local-variables><pseudocode xml:space="preserve">/* Ensure that player name exist in the system*/
if (player =null)
     NullPlayerException;
          if (NOT (isPlayerNameExist(player)))
               throw PlayerNameNotExistException;
          /* Ensure player name exist in the team already*/
          i ? 1;
          while (i <= length(mPlayers)) {
               if (mPlayers.mPlayerName != playerName)
                    throw PlayerNameNotExistInTeamException;
this.mPlayers ? this.mPlayers - player;</pseudocode>
However, when I do the transformation I get the following with the pseudocode:
/* Ensure that player name exist in the system*/if (player =null)     NullPlayerException;          if (NOT (isPlayerNameExist(player)))               throw PlayerNameNotExistException;          /* Ensure player name exist in the team already*/          i ? 1;          while (i <= length(mPlayers)) {               if (mPlayers[i].mPlayerName != playerName)                    throw PlayerNameNotExistInTeamException;}this.mPlayers ? this.mPlayers - player;
It looks like it adds some spaces but no carriage returns or line feeds.
My transformation code is the following:
     public ParseFile(String xmlString) {
          try {
          //Here we will load the correct style sheet for the message
          //that will be formatted.
          String urlString = "DesignDocument.xsl";
          URL url = this.getClass().getResource(urlString);
          System.out.println("URL to style sheet = " + url.toString());
          String styleSheetName = url.getFile();
          System.out.println("Style sheet name : " + styleSheetName);
          InputStream styleSheetInputStream = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(urlString);
          //We will than load our SAXParerFactory and parse the message.
          SAXParserFactory SPFactory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
          SPFactory.setValidating(true);
          SAXParser sp = SPFactory.newSAXParser();
          XMLReader sax2parser = sp.getXMLReader();
          //NO Validation done on for this because we do NOT have a DTD.
          sax2parser.setFeature(
               "http://xml.org/sax/features/validation",
               false);
          sax2parser.setContentHandler(new FileContentHandler());
          //we create a character array of the length of the xml message String
          char[] messageCharacterArray =
               new char[xmlString.length()];
          // we then put the xml string into the character array.
          messageCharacterArray = xmlString.toCharArray();
          // after this ew end up creating a CharArrayReader that will be used by the Sax
          // parser to parse the xml.
          CharArrayReader xmlCharArrayReader =
               new CharArrayReader(messageCharacterArray);
          // we put the xml character array within the Input Source which will then be parsed
          // by the Sax2 parser.
          InputSource in = new InputSource(xmlCharArrayReader);
          // Use a Transformer for outputting the message into our formatted xml using
          // the stylesheet defined up in a messages own sxl stylesheet file.
          TransformerFactory tFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
          tFactory.setURIResolver(new BasicURIResolver());
          StreamSource stylesource = new StreamSource(styleSheetInputStream);
          Transformer transformer = tFactory.newTransformer(stylesource);
//          transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
//          transformer.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "2");
//          Properties properties = new Properties();
//          properties.setProperty("indent", "yes");
//          properties.setProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "2");
//          transformer.setOutputProperties(properties);
          // We will use a ByteArrayOutputStream to put our transformed xml.
          ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
          StreamResult result = new StreamResult(bos);
          SAXSource source = new SAXSource(in);
          transformer.transform(source, result);
          String s = bos.toString();
          StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
          //This will make sure the Version Line is not shown.
          BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new StringReader(s));
          String line = "";
          while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                    sb.append(line);
          bos.close();
          br.close();
          formattedXmlString = sb.toString();
          System.out.println("--------------------------------");
          System.out.println(formattedXmlString);
          System.out.println("--------------------------------");
          } catch (Exception e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
I have been searching and trying to figure this out forever. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Bottom line is that I want carriage returns and tabs to work when transferring from the xml to xsl.

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/* Ensure that player name exist in the system*/if (player =null)     NullPlayerException;          if (NOT (isPlayerNameExist(player)))               throw PlayerNameNotExistException;          /* Ensure player name exist in the team already*/          i ? 1;          while (i <= length(mPlayers)) {               if (mPlayers[i].mPlayerName != playerName)                    throw PlayerNameNotExistInTeamException;}this.mPlayers ? this.mPlayers - player;
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A script places an asset from a library onto a document and then (amongst other things) imports some XML file.
The asset in the library consists of a number of textframes and has the structure e.g.:
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box
box
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Basically I want to search only for character styles that contains "ntb-", that is why it is hard coded in my searchString variable.
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How can I use the XML Element name - in this case I need to remove the "Day" and use just the number part for the column name.
I can't have xml element names as numbers, thats why "Day" string is prefixed.
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<Day08>11918</Day08>
<Day09>11918</Day09>
<Day10>11918</Day10>
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<Day19>11918</Day19>
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