Reading the xml file in customized table.

Question

Hi Experts ,
I have a requirement to read the xml file in one "z" table . Can anyone let me know the exact steps .
Thank you
Ashutosh

Answer 1

Hi Ashutosh,
1. First read the file in BINARY MODE into an XSTRING.
2. Then use the method create_istream_xstring to create the input stream
3. Then you need to create the document tree and the parser
4. Once your Document tree and your parser are created now can use the document tree to access individual elements.
Some Class interfaces that maybe helpful to you are as follows: if_ixml_node, if_ixml_node_iterator, if_ixml_element....etc
DATA:o_ixml                    TYPE REF TO if_ixml,
           o_streamfactory   TYPE REF TO if_ixml_stream_factory,
           o_istream              TYPE REF TO if_ixml_istream.
           o_parser               TYPE REF TO if_ixml_parser          
           o_document          TYPE REF TO if_ixml_document
o_ixml = cl_ixml=>create( ).
o_istream = o_streamfactory->create_istream_xstring( string = <give the xstring name here>).
o_document = o_ixml->create_document( ).
o_parser = o_ixml->create_parser( stream_factory = o_streamfactory
                                                                       istream = o_istream
                                                                   document = o_document ).
You can make the final code as dynamic as possible to read into an internal table.
Regards
-Joe