You can create an XML document in a script using the appropriate PBDOM_OBJECT subclasses and methods. The following code uses the PBDOM_ELEMENT and PBDOM_DOCUMENT classes and some of their methods to create a simple XML document.
First, the objects are declared and instantiated:
PBDOM_ELEMENT pbdom_elem_1 PBDOM_ELEMENT pbdom_elem_2 PBDOM_ELEMENT pbdom_elem_3 PBDOM_ELEMENT pbdom_elem_root PBDOM_DOCUMENT pbdom_doc1 pbdom_elem_1 = Create PBDOM_ELEMENT pbdom_elem_2 = Create PBDOM_ELEMENT pbdom_elem_3 = Create PBDOM_ELEMENT
The instantiated objects are assigned names. Note that the PBDOM_DOCUMENT object pbdom_doc1 is not named:
pbdom_elem_1.SetName("pbdom_elem_1")
pbdom_elem_2.SetName("pbdom_elem_2")
pbdom_elem_3.SetName("pbdom_elem_3")
The objects are arranged into a node tree using the AddContent method. The AddContent method adds the referenced object as a child node under the object from which AddContent is invoked:
pbdom_elem_1.AddContent(pbdom_elem_2) pbdom_elem_2.AddContent(pbdom_elem_3)
Use the NewDocument method to create a new XML document. The parameter value supplied to the NewDocument method becomes the name of the root element. This name is then accessed from the PBDOM_DOCUMENT object pbdom_doc1 and assigned to the PBDOM_ELEMENT object pbdom_elem_root using the GetRootElement method:
pbdom_doc1.NewDocument("Root_Element_From_Doc_1")
pbdom_elem_root = pbdom_doc1.GetRootElement()
The ELEMENT object pbdom_elem_1 and all its child nodes are placed in the new XML document node tree under the root element using the AddContent method. Note that as the ancestor node pbdom_elem_1 is placed in the node tree, all its child nodes move as well:
pbdom_elem_root.AddContent(pbdom_elem_1)
The XML document created looks like this:
<!DOCTYPE Root_Element_From_Doc_1> <Root_Element_From_Doc_1> <pbdom_elem_1> <pbdom_elem_2> <pbdom_elem_3/> </pbdom_elem_2> </pbdom_elem_1> </Root_Element_From_Doc_1>
