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XML Generation Reference
The generate XML command converts an XML Document or XML Element class into XML text. The resulting XML data may be returned to AppleScript for further processing or it may be written to a file. XML characters ('<' and '&') are automatically escaped as part of the XML generation process.
Generate XML Syntax
generate XML <xml document/xml element> --> XML-formatted string
generate XML <xml document/xml element> saving as <file specification>
--> alias to resulting file
Parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| saving as (new in v2.6) |
file specification | When specified, the generate XML command writes the resulting XML data to a file. CAUTION: Any existing file will be overwritten without warning. |
| generating UTF16 (before v2.6 this parameter was generating unicode) |
boolean | By default, the generate XML command produces plain text XML data. When generating UTF16 is true, UTF-16 XML data is generated. An error is indicated if generating both UTF16 and UTF8 are specified. NOTE: When generating UTF16 and generating UTF8 are false, any Unicode characters present in the XML data structure passed to the generate XML command are converted to ? characters. |
| generating UTF8 (new in v2.6) |
boolean | By default, the generate XML command produces plain text XML data. When generating UTF8 is true, UTF-8 XML data is generated. An error is indicated if generating both UTF16 and UTF8 are specified. NOTE: This option is really only meaningful when used with the saving as parameter because AppleScript automatically converts all UTF-8 unicode strings to UTF-16. |
| including XML declaration | boolean |
When including XML declaration is true (the default), the generate XML command includes an XML declaration (e.g. <?xml ... ?>). The XML version property of the XML document class may be used to specify the XML version. If the XML version property is missing, "1.0" is used. The XML standalone property of the XML document class controls the standalone attribute of the XML declaration. If the XML standalone property is missing, the standalone attribute is not included in the generated XML declaration. The XML encoding property of the XML document class controls the encoding attribute of the XML declaration. If the XML encoding property is missing, the encoding attribute is not generated. set theXML to {XML standalone:true, XML encoding:¬ When including XML declaration is false, only the root tag is generated: generate XML theXML without including XML declaration |
| including DOCTYPE declaration | boolean |
When including DOCTYPE declaration is true (the default), the generate XML command includes a DOCTYPE declaraction if the XML doctype name, XML doctype publicid or XML doctype systemid properties of the XML document class are specified. set theXML to {XML doctype name:"ROOT", XML doctype systemid:"root.dtd", XML tag:"root"} When including DOCTYPE declaration is false, only the root rag is generated. generate XML theXML without including DOCTYPE declaration |
| including processing instructions | boolean |
When including processing instructions is true (the default), any XML processing instruction classes present in the XML data are included in the output of the generate XML command. When including processing instructions is false, XML processing instruction classes are ignored. |
| including comments | boolean |
When including comments is true (the default), any XML comment classes present in the XML data are included in the output of the generate XML command. When including comments is false, XML comment classes are ignored. |
| pretty printing | boolean | When pretty printing is true (the default), the generate XML command indents nested XML tags and generates new lines following any XML markup making the resulting XML data more readable for humans. set theData to "<?xml version =\"1.0\"?> When pretty print is false, little additional whitespace is introduced, reducing the size of the resulting XML. This is best for XML intended for consumption by other XML processors. set theNewData to generate XML theXML without pretty printing |