Merge xdp and xml to xfa form variable

Hi, I am new with Adobe Livecycle and xdp/xfa form management.
In my process I have a xml containing string data, I have also a xdp file. My goal is to merge them and stock into a xfa form so that it can be showed to an user GUI.
I know that RenderPDFForm service can merge xml and xdp into a pdf file. Is there a way to merge them into a xfa form file?
Thank you.
Damien.

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