Inline Content Expander

The adapter expands and collapses data segments in XML Documents based on the set parameters.

Properties

Operation

Defines the operation executed by the adapter

Possible values:

Expand: Expand data segments embedded in an XML document. The data segments contain XML data as plain text or Base64-encoded strings and will be expanded and embedded into the input XML document.
Collapse: Collapse parts of an XML document into plain text or Base64-encoded strings. The collapsed data segments are embedded into the input XML document.

Parameters

`Adapter`	Main adapter class (do not change!) Possible values: `de.softproject.integration.adapter.inlinecontentexpanderAdapter`: Main class (default)
`select`	XPath expression to select from the input XML document Possible values: Any valid XPath expression (e.g. `Root/Element[1]`)
`Format`	Format of the data segments Possible values: `BASE64`: Set the format to Base64-encoding (default) `STRING`: Set the format to plain text
`Output`	Output format of the data segments Possible values: `XML_ONLY`: Only processes valid XML structures. In case of invalid structures an error is output. (Default) `XML_OR_STRING`: Processes XML structures if they are valid, otherwise the data is output as strings. `STRING_ONLY`: Only processes strings.
`encoding`	Encoding of the data segments Possible values: Any valid encoding (e.g. `windows-1252`) `UTF-8`: UTF-8 (default)

Status values

`0`	The XPath expression doesn't reference any element; The input will be output without modification.
`1`	Adapter was executed successfully
`-1`	An error occurred during the adapter's execution. Depending on the operation, either the document is output without modification (`Collapse`) or the corresponding error message is output (`Expand`).

Input

This adapter accepts any valid XML document as input.

Sample input XML document

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Request>
    <Headers>
        <Header>
            <Name>Content-Type</Name>
            <Value>application/xml</Value>
        </Header>
        <Header>
            <Name>Accept</Name>
            <Value>application/xml</Value>
        </Header>
    </Headers>
    <Body><Content>
            <Description>Adress succesfully submitted!</Description>
            <Data>
                <root>
                    <address>
                        <name>John Doe</name>
                        <street>42 main avenue</street>
                        <zip>13579</zip>
                        <city>example town</city>
                        <state>example state</state>
                        <country>example country</country>
                    </address>
                </root>
            </Data>
        </Content></Body>
</Request>

Adapter parameters set for processing the input:

Operation: Collapse
select: //Body
Format: BASE64
Output: XML_ONLY
encoding: UTF-8

Output

The adapter outputs an XML document with processed data embedded.

Sample output

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Request>
    <Headers>
        <Header>
            <Name>Content-Type</Name>
            <Value>application/xml</Value>
        </Header>
        <Header>
            <Name>Accept</Name>
            <Value>application/xml</Value>
        </Header>
    </Headers>
<Body>PENvbnRlbnQ+DQoJCQk8RGVzY3JpcHRpb24+QWRyZXNzIHN1Y2Nlc2Z1bGx5IHN1Ym1pdHRlZCE8L0Rlc2NyaXB0aW9uPg0KCQkJPERhdGE+DQoJCQkJPHJvb3Q+DQoJCQkJCTxhZGRyZXNzPg0KCQkJCQkJPG5hbWU+Sm9obiBEb2U8L25hbWU+DQoJCQkJCQk8c3RyZWV0PjQyIG1haW4gYXZlbnVlPC9zdHJlZXQ+DQoJCQkJCQk8emlwPjEzNTc5PC96aXA+DQoJCQkJCQk8Y2l0eT5leGFtcGxlIHRvd248L2NpdHk+DQoJCQkJCQk8c3RhdGU+ZXhhbXBsZSBzdGF0ZTwvc3RhdGU+DQoJCQkJCQk8Y291bnRyeT5leGFtcGxlIGNvdW50cnk8L2NvdW50cnk+DQoJCQkJCTwvYWRkcmVzcz4NCgkJCQk8L3Jvb3Q+DQoJCQk8L0RhdGE+DQoJCTwvQ29udGVudD4=
</Body>
</Request>