AllowXmlAttribute (XmlDoc property)

May Attribute names begin with "xml"? (XmlDoc class)

[Introduced in Sirius Mods 7.9]

The AllowXmlAttribute property indicates whether or not the method object XmlDoc allows the deserialization of an XML document that contains Attributes that begin with the character sequence xml (regardless of case), other than the standard prefixes of "xml" or "xmlns".

A Boolean value of True allows such deserializations. The default value, False, cancels the request if such a deserialization is attempted.

Syntax

%currentBoolean = doc:AllowXmlAttribute doc:AllowXmlAttribute = newBoolean

Syntax terms

%currentBoolean	The Boolean enumeration value of doc's AllowXmlAttribute property.
doc	An XmlDoc object expression.
newBoolean	The Boolean value to assign to doc's AllowXmlAttribute property.

Usage notes

• Deserializing Attributes whose name begins with "xml" was restricted due to the following excerpt from the XML standard:
  • Names beginning with the string "xml", or any string which would match (('X'|'x') ('M'|'m') ('L'|'l')), are reserved for standardization in this or future versions of this specification.

  Therefore, you should use care with attribute names: using an attribute name which starts with "xml" makes you vulnerable to a change in the standards that would leave your document incompatible with them.

  Note: This property does not allow the AddAttribute method to add an attribute with a name that starts with "xml". However, as shown in the "Adding an attribute to an element" example below, you can use the LoadXml, AddSubtree, and DeleteSubtree methods to accomplish this.

Examples

Displaying the property

The following example obtains the string value of the AllowXmlAttribute property:

%str = %doc:allowXmlAttribute:ToString

Taking advantage of the implicit-ToString feature, you can print this value directly by using this:

print %doc:allowXmlAttribute

Deserializing an entire XML document

The following request:

begin %d object xmlDoc auto new %d:allowXmlAttribute = true %d:loadXml('<t xmlAtt="x">Test</t>') printText{~} is {%d:allowXmlAttribute} end

Adding an attribute to an element

The following request:

begin %d object xmlDoc auto new %n1 object xmlNode %n2 object xmlNode %n1 = %d:addElement('xyz') %d:allowXmlAttribute = true %n1:LoadXml('<junk xmlAtt="abc"/>') %n2 = %n1:SelectSingleNode('*/@*') %n1:AddSubtree(%n2) %n1:DeleteSubtree('*') %d:print end

prints

<xyz xmlAtt="abc"/>

Request-cancellation errors (for set method)

• The newBoolean argument is an invalid value (that is, not a Boolean value).

See also

XmlDoc class XmlNode class XmlNodelist class	List of XmlDoc methods List of XmlNode methods List of XmlNodelist methods List of XmlDoc API methods	XmlDoc methods syntax XmlNode methods syntax XmlNodelist methods syntax
Notation conventions for methods