XML utilities
This topic describes the common XML utilities available with BMC Atrium Orchestrator Content.
Important
The XML utilities are compatible only with BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform 7.9 and later. On the BMC Atrium Orchestrator peers, the json-20160316j6.jar file is located in the /tomcat/webapps/baocdp/WEB-INF/lib folder.
Convert JSON to XML
This utility converts JSON to XML. To use this utility, the json.jar file must be installed on your BMC Atrium Orchestrator peers and BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio.
Note
While running the Convert JSON to XML utility, if the conversion does not occur and the workflow returns the same JSON-formatted string, this may be due to an incorrect library function being called. For more information on resolving this issue, see the BMC Knowledge Article 000131175: Atrium Orchestrator's "Convert JSON to XML" workflow returns JSON, not XML.
Workflow input elements
Input element | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| JSON | Specifies the JSON to be converted into XML | Yes |
Workflow output elements
Output element | Description |
|---|---|
| XML | Specifies the XML output |
Convert XML to JSON
This utility converts XML to JSON. The XML namespaces are striped to be converted to JSON.
Note
For XML with attributes, use the Convert XML Attributes to Elements workflow to convert XML attributes to elements first, and then convert to JSON.
Workflow input elements
| Input element | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| XML | Specifies the XML to be converted into JSON | Yes |
Workflow output elements
| Output element | Description |
|---|---|
| JSON | Specifies the JSON output |
Convert XML Attributes to Elements
This utility converts XML attributes to elements before converting it to JSON.
Workflow input elements
| Input element | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| XML | Specifies the XML whose attributes need to be converted into elements | Yes |
Workflow output elements
| Output element | Description |
|---|---|
| XMLNoAttribute | Specifies XML with no attributes |
Strip Namespaces
This utility strips namespaces from the XML document.
Workflow input elements
| Input element | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| XML | Specifies the XML document from which to strip the namespaces | Yes |
Workflow output elements
| Output element | Description |
|---|---|
| XML | The submitted XML without namespaces |
XML String to XML
This utility strips the XML headers and doctype elements from the XML strings to XML.
Workflow input elements
| Input element | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| XML String | Specifies the formatted XML string | Yes |
Workflow output elements
| Output element | Description |
|---|---|
| XML | The submitted XML without the XML strings |
Create For Loop XML
NEW IN 20.17.01This utility creates a loop that detects the size of the input and parses it in smaller segments, appending the segments together to create a fully-parsed result.
Workflow input elements
| Input element | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| loopaccount | Specifies a whole number indicating the number of elements the loop should have For example, | Yes |
| root element name | Specifies the name of the root element to be used in the output XML If not specified, a default value of 'loops' is used. | No |
| child element name | Specifies the name of the child element to be used in the output XML If not specified, a default value of 'loop' is used. | No |
Workflow output elements
| Output element | Description |
|---|---|
| loop | Specifies an XML document in the following format: |
String to XML using Delimiter
NEW IN 20.17.01This utility segments a string on a specified delimiter.
Workflow input elements
| Input element | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| string | Specifies a string that contains delimiters such as comma (,), pipe (|), and so on For example, Delimited using commas: a,b,c,d Delimited using pipes: a|b|c|d Delimited using colons: a:b:c:d | Yes |
| delimiter | Specifies any set of characters that can be used in a regular expression Tokenization uses the delimiter as a regular expression. You must append a regular expression special character with a backslash. For a list of characters that must be appended with a back slash, see
Pattern (Java Platform)
For example, pipe character (|) should be escaped by using two backslash characters like - \| | Yes |
| root element name | Specifies the name of the root element to be used in the output XML If not specified, a default value of 'loops' is used. | No |
| child element name | Specifies the name of the child element to be used in the output XML If not specified, a default value of 'loop' is used. | No |
Workflow output elements
| Output element | Description |
|---|---|
| XML | Contains the XML output |
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