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Introduzione
L'Extensible Markup Language è un linguaggio raccomandato dal W3C creato per l'interscambio di informazioni tra sistemi differenti. Si tratta di un sistema di memorizzazione di informazioni basato su file di testo. Linguaggi moderni di interscambio di dati come XHTML, così come la maggior parte delle tecnologie WebService, sono basati su XML.
Al momento esistono una serie di unit che forniscono supporto per XML su Free Pascal. Queste unit sono chiamate "XMLRead", "XMLWrite" e "DOM" e sono parte della Free Component Library (FCL) del Free Pascal Compiler. La FCL si trova già nei percorsi di ricerca di default per il compilatore in Lazarus, così bisogna soltanto aggiungere queste unit alla clausola uses per avere il supporto di XML. La FCL al momento (Ottobre / 2005) non è documentata, quindi questo breve tutorial introdurrà XML tramite l'utilizzo di queste unit.
XML DOM (Document Object Model) sono una serie di oggetti standardizzati che forniscono un'interfaccia simile per l'utilizzo di XML con differenti linguaggi e su differenti sistemi. Lo standard specifica soltanto i metodi, le proprietà e altre parti dell'interfaccia dell'oggetto, lasciando l'implementazione libera per i diversi linguaggi. La FCL al momento offre pieno supporto per XML DOM 1.0.
Esempi
Di seguito c'è una lista di esempi di manipolazione dati tramite XML di complessità crescente.
Leggere un nodo di testo
Per Programmatori Delphi: Notare che quando si lavora con TXMLDocument, il testo all'interno di un Node viene considerato come un TEXT Node separato. Quindi si deve accedere al valore del testo del nodo come se si trattasse di un nodo separato. In alternativa, è possibile utilizzare la proprietà TextContent per ottenere il contenuto di tutti i nodi di testo al di sotto del nodo specificato, concatenati assieme.
La procedure ReadXMLFile crea sempre un nuovo TXMLDocument, quindi non c'è bisogno di crearlo prima. In ogni caso, assicuratevi di distruggere il documento tramite una chiamata a Free quando avete terminato.
Per esempio, consideriamo il seguente XML:
<xml>
<?xml version="1.0"?> <request> <request_type>PUT_FILE</request_type> <username>123</username> <password>abc</password> </request>
</xml>
Il seguente codice di esempio mostra sia il modo corretto che quello non corretto di ottenere il valore del testo del nodo:
<delphi>
var PassNode: TDOMNode; Doc: TXMLDocument; begin // Read in xml file from disk ReadXMLFile(Doc, 'c:\xmlfiles\test.xml'); // Retrieve the "password" node PassNode := Doc.DocumentElement.FindNode('password'); // Write out value of the selected node WriteLn(PassNode.NodeValue); // will be blank // The text of the node is actually a separate child node WriteLn(PassNode.FirstChild.NodeValue); // correctly prints "abc" // alternatively WriteLn(PassNode.TextContent); // finally, free the document Doc.Free;
end; </delphi>
Stampare i nomi dei nodi
A quick note on navigating the DOM tree: When you need to access nodes in sequence, it is best to use FirstChild and NextSibling properties (to iterate forward), or LastChild and PreviousSibling (to iterate backward). For random access it is possible to use ChildNodes or GetElementsByTagName methods, but these will create a TDOMNodeList object which eventually must be freed. This differs from other DOM implementations like MSXML, because FCL implementation is object-based, not interface-based.
The following example shows how to print the names of nodes to a TMemo placed on a form.
Bellow is the XML file called 'C:\Programas\teste.xml':
<xml>
<?xml version="1.0"?> <images directory="mydir"> <imageNode URL="graphic.jpg" title=""> <Peca DestinoX="0" DestinoY="0">Pecacastelo.jpg1.swf</Peca> <Peca DestinoX="0" DestinoY="86">Pecacastelo.jpg2.swf</Peca> </imageNode> </images>
</xml>
And here the Pascal code to execute the task:
<delphi>
var Documento: TXMLDocument; Child: TDOMNode; j: Integer; begin ReadXMLFile(Documento, 'C:\Programas\teste.xml'); Memo.Lines.Clear; // using FirstChild and NextSibling properties Child := Documento.DocumentElement.FirstChild; while Assigned(Child) do begin Memo.Lines.Add(Child.NodeName + ' ' + Child.Attributes.Item[0].NodeValue); // using ChildNodes method with Child.ChildNodes do try for j := 0 to (Count - 1) do Memo.Lines.Add(Item[j].NodeName + ' ' + Item[j].FirstChild.NodeValue); finally Free; end; Child := Child.NextSibling; end; Documento.Free; end;
</delphi>
This will print:
imageNode graphic.jpg Peca Pecacastelo.jpg1.swf Peca Pecacastelo.jpg1.swf
Popolare un TreeView tramite XML
One common use of XML files is to parse them and show their contents in a tree like format. You can find the TTreeView component on the "Common Controls" tab on Lazarus.
The function below will take a XML document previously loaded from a file or generated on code, and will populate a TreeView with it´s contents. The caption of each node will be the content of the first attribute of each node.
<delphi> procedure TForm1.XML2Tree(tree: TTreeView; XMLDoc: TXMLDocument); var
iNode: TDOMNode;
procedure ProcessNode(Node: TDOMNode; TreeNode: TTreeNode); var cNode: TDOMNode; begin if Node = nil then Exit; // Stops if reached a leaf // Adds a node to the tree TreeNode := tree.Items.AddChild(TreeNode, Node.Attributes[0].NodeValue);
// Goes to the child node cNode := Node.FirstChild;
// Processes all child nodes while cNode <> nil do begin ProcessNode(cNode, TreeNode); cNode := cNode.NextSibling; end; end;
begin
iNode := XMLDoc.DocumentElement.FirstChild; while iNode <> nil do begin ProcessNode(iNode, nil); // Recursive iNode := iNode.NextSibling; end;
end; </delphi>
Modificare un documento XML
The first thing to remember is that TDOMDocument is the "handle" to the DOM. You can get an instance of this class by creating one or by loading a XML document.
Nodes on the other hand cannot be created like a normal object. You *must* use the methods provided by TDOMDocument to create them, and latter use other methods to put them on the correct place on the tree. This is because nodes must be "owned" by a specific document on DOM.
Below are some common methods from TDOMDocument:
<delphi>
function CreateElement(const tagName: DOMString): TDOMElement; virtual; function CreateTextNode(const data: DOMString): TDOMText; function CreateCDATASection(const data: DOMString): TDOMCDATASection; virtual; function CreateAttribute(const name: DOMString): TDOMAttr; virtual;
</delphi>
And here an example method that will locate the selected item on a TTreeView and then insert a child node to the XML document it represents. The TreeView must be previously filled with the contents of a XML file using the XML2Tree function.
<delphi> procedure TForm1.actAddChildNode(Sender: TObject); var
position: Integer; NovoNo: TDomNode;
begin
{******************************************************************* * Detects the selected element *******************************************************************} if TreeView1.Selected = nil then Exit;
if TreeView1.Selected.Level = 0 then begin position := TreeView1.Selected.Index;
NovoNo := XMLDoc.CreateElement('item'); TDOMElement(NovoNo).SetAttribute('nome', 'Item'); TDOMElement(NovoNo).SetAttribute('arquivo', 'Arquivo'); with XMLDoc.DocumentElement.ChildNodes do begin Item[position].AppendChild(NovoNo); Free; end;
{******************************************************************* * Updates the TreeView *******************************************************************} TreeView1.Items.Clear; XML2Tree(TreeView1, XMLDoc); end else if TreeView1.Selected.Level >= 1 then begin {******************************************************************* * This function only works on the first level of the tree, * but can easely modifyed to work for any number of levels *******************************************************************} end;
end; </delphi>
Creare un TXMLDocument da una stringa
Given al XML file in MyXmlString, the following code will create it's DOM:
<delphi> Var
S : TStringStream; XML : TXMLDocument;
begin
S:= TStringStream.Create(MyXMLString); Try S.Position:=0; XML:=Nil; ReadXMLFile(XML,S); // Complete XML document // Alternatively: ReadXMLFragment(AParentNode,S); // Read only XML fragment. Finally S.Free; end;
end; </delphi>
Validare un documento
Since March 2007, DTD validation facility has been added to the FCL XML parser. Validation is checking that logical structure of the document conforms to the predefined rules, called Document Type Definition (DTD).
Here is an example of XML document with a DTD:
<xml>
<?xml version='1.0'?> <!DOCTYPE root [ <!ELEMENT root (child)+ > <!ELEMENT child (#PCDATA)> ]> <root> <child>This is a first child.</child> <child>And this is the second one.</child> </root>
</xml>
This DTD specifies that 'root' element must have one or more 'child' elements, and that 'child' elements may have only character data inside. If parser detects any violations from these rules, it will report them.
Loading such document is slightly more complicated. Let's assume we have XML data in a TStream object:
<delphi> procedure TMyObject.DOMFromStream(AStream: TStream); var
Parser: TDOMParser; Src: TXMLInputSource; TheDoc: TXMLDocument;
begin
// create a parser object Parser := TDOMParser.Create; // and the input source Src := TXMLInputSource.Create(AStream); // we want validation Parser.Options.Validate := True; // assign a error handler which will receive notifications Parser.OnError := @ErrorHandler; // now do the job Parser.Parse(Src, TheDoc); // ...and cleanup Src.Free; Parser.Free;
end;
procedure TMyObject.ErrorHandler(E: EXMLReadError); begin
if E.Severity = esError then // we are interested in validation errors only writeln(E.Message);
end; </delphi>
Generare un file XML
Below is the complete code to write in a XML file. (This was taken from a tutorial in DeveLazarus blog ) Please, remember DOM and XMLWrite libs in uses clause
<delphi> unit Unit1;
{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
interface
uses
Classes, SysUtils, LResources, Forms, Controls, Graphics, Dialogs, StdCtrls, DOM, XMLWrite;
type
{ TForm1 } TForm1 = class(TForm) Button1: TButton; Label1: TLabel; Label2: TLabel; procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject); private { private declarations } public { public declarations } end;
var
Form1: TForm1;
implementation
{ TForm1 }
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); var
xdoc: TXMLDocument; // variable to document RootNode, parentNode, nofilho: TDOMNode; // variable to nodes
begin
//create a document xdoc := TXMLDocument.create;
//create a root node RootNode := xdoc.CreateElement('register'); Xdoc.Appendchild(RootNode); // save root node
//create a parent node RootNode:= xdoc.DocumentElement; parentNode := xdoc.CreateElement('usuario'); TDOMElement(parentNode).SetAttribute('id', '001'); // create atributes to parent node RootNode.Appendchild(parentNode); // save parent node
//create a child node parentNode := xdoc.CreateElement('nome'); // create a child node //TDOMElement(parentNode).SetAttribute('sexo', 'M'); // create atributes nofilho := xdoc.CreateTextNode('Fernando'); // insert a value to node parentNode.Appendchild(nofilho); // save node RootNode.ChildNodes.Item[0].AppendChild(parentNode); // insert child node in respective parent node
//create a child node parentNode := xdoc.CreateElement('idade'); // create a child node //TDOMElement(parentNode).SetAttribute('ano', '1976'); // create atributes nofilho := xdoc.CreateTextNode('32'); // insert a value to node parentNode.Appendchild(nofilho); // save node .ChildNodes.Item[0].AppendChild(parentNode); // insert a childnode in respective parent node
writeXMLFile(xDoc,'teste.xml'); // write to XML Xdoc.free; // free memory
end;
initialization
{$I unit1.lrs}
end. </delphi>
The result will be the XML file below: <xml> <?xml version="1.0"?> <register>
<usuario id="001"> <nome>Fernando</nome> <idade>32</idade> </usuario>
</register> </xml>
--Fernandosinesio 22:28, 24 April 2008 (CEST)fernandosinesio@gmail.com
Codifica
Starting from SVN revision 12582, XML reader is able to process data in any encoding by using external decoders. See XML_Decoders for more details.
According to the XML standard, the encoding attribute in the first line of the XML is optional in case the actual encoding is UTF-8 or UTF-16 (which is detected by presence of the BOM). As of version 0.9.26 of Lazarus, there is an encoding property in a TXMLDocument, but it is ignored. writeXMLFile always uses UTF-8 and doesn´t generate an encoding attribute in first line of the XML file.
Link Esterni
- W3Schools Xml Tutorial
Thomas Zastrow article FPC and XML