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Xml

Contains functions to read and write XML files.

Functions and values

Function or valueDescription
createDoc(text)
Signature: text:string -> XmlDocument

Loads the given text into a XmlDocument
endElement(writer)
Signature: writer:XmlWriter -> XmlWriter

Writes an XML end element to the given XmlTextWriter
getAttribute name node
Signature: name:string -> node:'a -> string
Type parameters: 'a

Gets the attribute with the given name from the given XmlNode
getChilds(node)
Signature: node:'a -> seq<XmlNode>
Type parameters: 'a

Gets a sequence of all child nodes for the given XmlNode
getDocElement(doc)
Signature: doc:XmlDocument -> XmlElement

Gets the DocumentElement of the XmlDocument
getSubNode name node
Signature: name:string -> node:XmlNode -> XmlNode

Gets the first sub node with the given name from the given XmlNode
getWriter(fileName)
Signature: fileName:string -> XmlWriter

Creates a XmlWriter which writes to the given file name
loadDoc(path)
Signature: path:string -> XmlDocument

Loads the given file path into a XmlDocument
parse name f node
Signature: name:string -> f:('a -> 'b) -> node:'a -> 'b
Type parameters: 'a, 'b

Parses a XmlNode
parseSubNode name f
Signature: name:string -> f:(XmlNode -> 'a) -> XmlNode -> 'a
Type parameters: 'a

Parses a XML subnode
poke fileName xpath value
Signature: fileName:string -> xpath:string -> value:string -> unit

Replaces text in a XML file at the location specified by a XPath expression.
pokeInnerText(...)
Signature: fileName:string -> xpath:string -> innerTextValue:string -> unit

Replaces the inner text of an xml node in a XML file at the location specified by a XPath expression.
pokeInnerTextNS(...)
Signature: fileName:string -> namespaces:seq<string * string> -> xpath:string -> innerTextValue:string -> unit

Replaces inner text of an xml node in a XML file at the location specified by a XPath expression, with support for namespaces.
pokeNS fileName namespaces xpath value
Signature: fileName:string -> namespaces:seq<string * string> -> xpath:string -> value:string -> unit

Replaces text in a XML file at the location specified by a XPath expression, with support for namespaces.
read(...)
Signature: failOnError:bool -> xmlFileName:string -> nameSpace:string -> prefix:string -> xPath:string -> seq<string>

Reads a value from a XML document using a XPath
read_Int(...)
Signature: failOnError:bool -> xmlFileName:string -> nameSpace:string -> prefix:string -> xPath:string -> bool * int

Reads a value from a XML document using a XPath Returns if the value is an int and the value
replaceXPath xpath value doc
Signature: xpath:string -> value:string -> doc:XmlDocument -> XmlDocument

Replaces text in the XML document specified by a XPath expression.
replaceXPathAttribute(...)
Signature: xpath:string -> attribute:string -> value:string -> doc:XmlDocument -> XmlDocument

Replaces the value of attribute in an xml node in the XML document specified by a XPath expression.
replaceXPathInnerText(...)
Signature: xpath:string -> innerTextValue:string -> doc:XmlDocument -> XmlDocument

Replaces the inner text of an xml node in the XML document specified by a XPath expression.
replaceXPathInnerTextNS(...)
Signature: xpath:string -> innerTextValue:string -> namespaces:'?17268 -> doc:XmlDocument -> XmlDocument
Type parameters: '?17268

Replaces inner text in a XML document specified by a XPath expression, with support for namespaces.
replaceXPathNS(...)
Signature: xpath:string -> value:string -> namespaces:'a -> doc:XmlDocument -> XmlDocument
Type parameters: 'a

Replaces text in a XML document specified by a XPath expression, with support for namespaces.
saveDoc fileName doc
Signature: fileName:string -> doc:XmlDocument -> unit
selectXPathAttributeValue(...)
Signature: xpath:string -> attribute:string -> namespaces:'?17257 -> doc:XmlDocument -> string
Type parameters: '?17257

Selects a xml node attribute value via XPath from the given document
selectXPathNode xpath namespaces doc
Signature: xpath:string -> namespaces:'?17259 -> doc:XmlDocument -> XmlNode
Type parameters: '?17259

Selects a xml node via XPath from the given document
selectXPathValue xpath namespaces doc
Signature: xpath:string -> namespaces:'a -> doc:XmlDocument -> string
Type parameters: 'a

Selects a xml node value via XPath from the given document
startElement name writer
Signature: name:string -> writer:XmlWriter -> XmlWriter

Writes an XML start element to the given XmlTextWriter
writeAttribute name value writer
Signature: name:string -> value:'?17237 -> writer:XmlWriter -> XmlWriter
Type parameters: '?17237

Writes an XML attribute to current element of the given XmlTextWriter
writeCDataElement(...)
Signature: elementName:string -> data:string -> writer:XmlWriter -> XmlWriter

Writes an CData element to the given XmlTextWriter
writeComment comment writer
Signature: comment:string -> writer:XmlWriter -> XmlWriter

Writes an XML comment to the given XmlTextWriter
XmlTransform stylesheetUri fileName
Signature: stylesheetUri:string -> fileName:string -> unit
Attributes:
[<Obsolete("This API is not yet available on netcore. If you have an alternative please switch. If the API becomes available this warning is removed.")>]
OBSOLETE

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Transforms a XML file using a XSL stylesheet file.

Parameters

  • stylesheetUri - The Uri for the XSL stylesheet file.
  • fileName - The XML file to transform.
XslTransform xsl doc
Signature: xsl:XslCompiledTransform -> doc:XmlDocument -> XmlDocument
Attributes:
[<Obsolete("This API is not yet available on netcore. If you have an alternative please switch. If the API becomes available this warning is removed.")>]
OBSOLETE

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Transforms a XmlDocument using a XslCompiledTransform.

Parameters

  • xsl - The XslCompiledTransform which should be applied.
  • doc - The XmlDocument to transform.
XslTransformer(text)
Signature: text:string -> XslCompiledTransform
Attributes:
[<Obsolete("This API is not yet available on netcore. If you have an alternative please switch. If the API becomes available this warning is removed.")>]
OBSOLETE

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Loads the given text into a XslCompiledTransform.