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IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8.5
  Versions 8.5 and 8.5.1






Examples: NodeName, NodeType and NodeValue properties

This agent parses the origXML file and writes node name and value information to outputFile.

(Declarations)

Dim domParser As NotesDOMParser
Dim NL As String 'carriage return + line feed
Sub Initialize

Dim session As NotesSession
Dim db As NotesDatabase
Dim inputStream As NotesStream, outputStream As NotesStream
Dim docNode As NotesDOMDocumentNode

Dim origXML As String, outputFile As String
origXML = "c:\dxl\xmlnode.xml"
outputFile = "c:\dxl\nodeName.txt"

Dim message As String
message = "DOM Parser Report - NodeName & NodeValue"
NL = Chr(13)+Chr(10)

On Error Goto errh

Set session = New NotesSession
Set db = session.CurrentDatabase

'create the output file
Set outputStream =session.CreateStream
outputStream.Open (outputFile)
outputStream.Truncate

'write report title
outputStream.WriteText (message+NL)

'open the XML file
Set inputStream = session.CreateStream
inputStream.Open (origXML)
If inputStream.Bytes = 0 Then
message = origXML+" is empty"
Goto results
End If

'create DOM parser and process
Set domParser=session.CreateDOMParser(inputStream, outputStream)
domParser.Process

'get the document node
Set docNode = domParser.Document

Call walkNameValue(docNode)
message = "end of file: "+origXML

results:
outputStream.WriteText (message)
Call outputStream.Close
Exit Sub
errh:
message = Cstr(Err)+": "+Error+Chr(13)
Resume results
End Sub
Sub walkNameValue ( node As NotesDOMNode)

Dim child As NotesDOMNode
Dim eNode As NotesDOMElementNode
Dim piNode As NotesDOMProcessingInstructionNode
Dim numChildNodes As Integer
NL = Chr(13)+Chr(10)

If Not node.IsNull Then
domParser.Output( CstrNodeType(node)+NL)
domParser.Output( "Node name: "+node.NodeName+NL)

Select Case node.NodeType

Case DOMNODETYPE_DOCUMENT_NODE: ' The Document node
domParser.Output( "Node value: null"+NL)

Set child = node.FirstChild ' Get the first node
numChildNodes = node.NumberOfChildNodes
domParser.Output("Node has "+Cstr(numChildNodes)+" Child Nodes"+NL)

While numChildNodes > 0
Call walkNameValue(child)
Set child = child.NextSibling ' Get next node
numChildNodes = numChildNodes - 1
Wend

Case DOMNODETYPE_ELEMENT_NODE: ' Most nodes are Elements
domParser.Output( "Node value: null"+NL)
Set eNode = node
domParser.Output( "Tag name: "+eNode.Tagname+NL)

Set child = node.FirstChild ' Get the first node
numChildNodes = node.NumberOfChildNodes
domParser.Output("Node has "+Cstr(numChildNodes)+" Child Nodes"+NL)

While numChildNodes > 0
Call walkNameValue(child)
Set child = child.NextSibling ' Get next child
numChildNodes = numChildNodes - 1
Wend

Case DOMNODETYPE_DOCUMENTTYPE_NODE: ' It is a <!DOCTYPE> tag
domParser.Output( "Node value: null"+NL)

Case DOMNODETYPE_TEXT_NODE: ' Plain text node
domParser.Output( "Node value: "+node.NodeValue+NL)

Case DOMNODETYPE_COMMENT_NODE: ' Comments
domParser.Output( "Node value: "+node.NodeValue+NL)

Case DOMNODETYPE_PROCESSINGINSTRUCTION_NODE: ' Handle PI nodes
Set piNode = node
domParser.Output(" with Target "+piNode.Target +" and Data "+piNode.Data+NL)

Case DOMNODETYPE_ENTITY_NODE:
domParser.Output( "Node value: "+node.NodeValue+NL)

Case DOMNODETYPE_ENTITYREFERENCE_NODE: ' Handle entities
domParser.Output( "Node value: null"+NL)

Case DOMNODETYPE_CDATASECTION_NODE:
domParser.Output( "Node value: "+node.NodeValue+NL)

Case DOMNODETYPE_ATTRIBUTE_NODE:
domParser.Output( "Node value: "+node.NodeValue+NL)

Case DOMNODETYPE_DOCUMENTFRAGMENT_NODE:
domParser.Output( "Node value: "+node.NodeValue+NL)

Case DOMNODETYPE_NOTATION_NODE:
domParser.Output( "Node value: "+node.NodeValue+NL)

Case DOMNODETYPE_XMLDECL_NODE:
domParser.Output( "Node value: "+node.NodeValue+NL)

Case Else:
domParser.Output("Ignoring node: "+Cstr(node.NodeType)+NL)

End Select 'node.NodeType
End If 'Not node.IsNull
End Sub

Function CstrNodeType (currentNode As NotesDOMNode) As String

If Not currentNode.IsNull Then
Select Case currentNode.NodeType

Case DOMNODETYPE_ELEMENT_NODE: '1
CstrNodeType = "DOMNODETYPE_ELEMENT_NODE"

Case DOMNODETYPE_ATTRIBUTE_NODE: '2
CstrNodeType = "DOMNODETYPE_ATTRIBUTE_NODE"

Case DOMNODETYPE_TEXT_NODE: '3
CstrNodeType = "DOMNODETYPE_TEXT_NODE_NODE"

Case DOMNODETYPE_CDATASECTION_NODE: '4
CstrNodeType = "DOMNODETYPE_CDATASECTION_NODE"

Case DOMNODETYPE_ENTITYREFERENCE_NODE:'5
CstrNodeType = "DOMNODETYPE_ENTITYREFERENCE_NODE"

Case DOMNODETYPE_ENTITY_NODE: '6
CstrNodeType = "DOMNODETYPE_ENTITY_NODE"

Case DOMNODETYPE_PROCESSINGINSTRUCTION_NODE: '7
CstrNodeType = "DOMNODETYPE_PROCESSINGINSTRUCTION_NODE"

Case DOMNODETYPE_COMMENT_NODE: '8
CstrNodeType = "DOMNODETYPE_COMMENT_NODE"

Case DOMNODETYPE_DOCUMENT_NODE: '9
CstrNodeType = "DOMNODETYPE_DOCUMENT_NODE"

Case DOMNODETYPE_DOCUMENTTYPE_NODE: '10
CstrNodeType = "DOMNODETYPE_DOCUMENTTYPE_NODE"

Case DOMNODETYPE_DOCUMENTFRAGMENT_NODE: '11
CstrNodeType = "DOMNODETYPE_DOCUMENTFRAGMENT_NODE"

Case DOMNODETYPE_NOTATION_NODE: '12
CstrNodeType = "DOMNODETYPE_NOTATION_NODE"

Case DOMNODETYPE_XMLDECL_NODE: '13
CstrNodeType = "DOMNODETYPE_XMLDECL_NODE"
End Select
Else
CstrNodeType = "Null Node"
End If
End Function
Related topics
NodeName property
NodeType property
NodeValue property
NumberOfChildNodes property
TagName property




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