namespace in XML

[AndrewHoward 0]

How can I generate this XML ?

I am interested in the ab node & the xsi, xsd & MyString

<?xml version="1.0"?>  
<ab xmlns:xsi="https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema-instance"  xmlns:xsd="https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema" xmlns="MyString"> 
    <founder>Krishna</founder>    
</abt> 

 

This is what I tried:

procedure TForm1.Button11Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  MyXMLDocument : IXMLDocument;
  FounderNode : IXMLNode;

begin
  MyXMLDocument := TXMLDocument.Create(nil);
  MyXMLDocument.Active := true;
  MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement := MyXMLDocument.CreateNode('ab', ntElement,'');
  MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.DeclareNamespace('xsi', 'https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema-instance');
  MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.DeclareNamespace('xsd', 'https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema');
  MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.SetAttributeNS('xmlns', 'MyString','');

  FounderNode := MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.AddChild('founder');
  MyXMLDocument.SaveToFile('TestOne01.XML');
  MyXMLDocument.Active := false;
end;

 

This is what I'm getting:

<ab xmlns:xsi="https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema" xmlns="">
  <founder/>
</ab>

why

xmlns="MyString"

isn't being generated ?

Why this is missing ?

<?xml version="1.0"?>  

 

Thank you

Edited November 16, 2022 by AndrewHoward

[Lajos Juhász 293]

 

uses
  Xml.XMLIntf, Xml.XMLDoc;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  MyXMLDocument : IXMLDocument;
  FounderNode : IXMLNode;

begin
  MyXMLDocument := TXMLDocument.Create(nil);
  MyXMLDocument.Active := true;
  MyXMLDocument.Version:='1.0';
  MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement := MyXMLDocument.CreateNode('ab', ntElement,'');
  MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.DeclareNamespace('xsi', 'https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema-instance');
  MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.DeclareNamespace('xsd', 'https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema');
  MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.SetAttributeNS('xmlns', '','MyString');

  FounderNode := MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.AddChild('founder');
  FounderNode.NodeValue:='Krishna';

  MyXMLDocument.SaveToFile('TestOne01.XML');
  MyXMLDocument.Active := false;
end;

You have to set the version and MyString should be the 3rd parameter not the second one.

[AndrewHoward 0]

Thank you.

 

This is what I got:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ab xmlns:xsi="https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema" xmlns="MyString">
  <founder xmlns="">Krishna</founder>
</ab>

How to get rid of

xmlns=""

in

<founder xmlns="">Krishna</founder>

Thank you.

[Remy Lebeau 1393]

1 hour ago, AndrewHoward said:

MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.SetAttributeNS('xmlns', 'MyString','');

That line should be this instead:

MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.DeclareNamespace('', 'MyString');

Which is equivalent to this:

MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.SetAttributeNS('xmlns', 'http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/', 'MyString');

The DeclareNamespace() documentation does not mention that the Prefix parameter can be a blank string, but it is actually supported.

 

This will treat the attribute as an actual namespace declaration in the DOM, even though it doesn't have a prefix assigned.  It should also assign the 'MyString' namespace to the DocumentElement since that element doesn't have a prefix assigned, either.

Quote

FounderNode := MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.AddChild('founder');

You are creating the element, but you are not assigning any text to it, which is why the element appears as </founder>.  You need to add this after calling AddChild():

FounderNode.Text := 'Krishna';

Also, you may or may not need to specify the desired namespace when calling AddChild(), as well (this part I always forget about when exactly a namespace should be specified and when it can be inherited from the parent element - once you start dealing with namespaces in XML, you will find that you need to specify namespaces in add/insert and search operations more often than not):

FounderNode := MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.AddChild('founder', 'MyString');

 

Edited November 16, 2022 by Remy Lebeau

[AndrewHoward 0]

This is what I'm getting:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ab xmlns:xsi="https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema" xmlns="MyString">
  <founder xmlns="">Krishna</founder>
</ab>

 

Is it possible to have the same as above but the founder node like this:?

<founder>Krishna</founder>

Thank you.

[AndrewHoward 0]

3 hours ago, Remy Lebeau said:

That line should be this instead:

MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.DeclareNamespace('', 'MyString');

Which is equivalent to this:

MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.SetAttributeNS('xmlns', 'http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/', 'MyString');

The DeclareNamespace() documentation does not mention that the Prefix parameter can be a blank string, but it is actually supported.

 

This will treat the attribute as an actual namespace declaration in the DOM, even though it doesn't have a prefix assigned.  It should also assign the 'MyString' namespace to the DocumentElement since that element doesn't have a prefix assigned, either.

You are creating the element, but you are not assigning any text to it, which is why the element appears as </founder>.  You need to add this after calling AddChild():

FounderNode.Text := 'Krishna';

Also, you may or may not need to specify the desired namespace when calling AddChild(), as well (this part I always forget about when exactly a namespace should be specified and when it can be inherited from the parent element - once you start dealing with namespaces in XML, you will find that you need to specify namespaces in add/insert and search operations more often than not):

FounderNode := MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement.AddChild('founder', 'MyString');

 

 

 

Is it possible to get exactly this:?

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ab xmlns:xsi="https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema" xmlns="MyString">
  <founder>Krishna</founder>
</ab>

I tried different things but I couldn't get this line without xmlns="" :

<founder>Krishna</founder>

 

 

Edited November 16, 2022 by AndrewHoward

[Remy Lebeau 1393]

3 hours ago, AndrewHoward said:

Is it possible to get exactly this:?

Yes.  This works for me:

procedure TForm1.Button11Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  MyXMLDocument : IXMLDocument;
  DocElement, FounderNode : IXMLNode;
begin
  MyXMLDocument := NewXMLDocument();
  MyXMLDocument.Active := True;

  DocElement := MyXMLDocument.CreateElement('ab', 'MyString');
  MyXMLDocument.DocumentElement := DocElement;
  // alternatively:
  // DocElement := MyXMLDocument.AddChild('ab', 'MyString');

  DocElement.DeclareNamespace('xsi', 'https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema-instance');
  DocElement.DeclareNamespace('xsd', 'https://www.guru99.com/XMLSchema');

  // if this call is present then the 'xmlns=MyString' attribute will be at the end of the element,
  // but if this is omitted then the attribute will be at the front of the element instead, due to
  // the earlier CreateElement/AddChild call...
  DocElement.DeclareNamespace('', 'MyString');

  FounderNode := DocElement.AddChild('founder');
  FounderNode.Text := 'Krishna';

  MyXMLDocument.SaveToFile('TestOne01.XML');
end;

It is important that the 'ab' element actually have the 'MyString' namespace assigned to it, so that any child nodes can inherit it.  When an `xmlns` attribute appears on a child node, it means the namespace was not inherited correctly.

[AndrewHoward 0]

That works!  Thank you.