xmlwrite - Write XML Document Object Model node

Syntax

Description

xmlwrite(filename,DOMnode) writes the Document Object Model (DOM) node DOMnode to the file filename.

str = xmlwrite(DOMnode) serializes the DOM node to a string.

Input Arguments

filename	String enclosed in single quotation marks that specifies the name of a local file or a URL.
DOMnode	Document Object Model node, as defined by the World Wide Web consortium. For more information, see What Is an XML Document Object Model (DOM)?

Output Arguments

str	String that contains the serialized DOM node as it appears in an XML file.

Examples

Create and view an XML document:

docNode = com.mathworks.xml.XMLUtils.createDocument... 
    ('root_element')
docRootNode = docNode.getDocumentElement;
docRootNode.setAttribute('attr_name','attr_value');
for i=1:20
    thisElement = docNode.createElement('child_node'); 
    thisElement.appendChild... 
        (docNode.createTextNode(sprintf('%i',i)));
    docRootNode.appendChild(thisElement);
end
docNode.appendChild(docNode.createComment('this is a comment'));

xmlFileName = [tempname,'.xml'];
xmlwrite(xmlFileName,docNode);
type(xmlFileName);

See Also

xmlread | xslt

How To

• What Is an XML Document Object Model (DOM)?
• Creating an XML File

Related Links

• DOM Package Summary (methods and properties for nodes)

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