Overview
Returns result of specified template on current node.string myXml.Format(template: string, options: object)
Arguments
string template
Template to apply.
object options
Template options. Can be null. Option contains the parameters to be used in template or following properties:
Remarks
Like XSLT formatting this method provides much simpler template usage for converting XML data to HTML or any other data.
Template may contain xpath expressions or variables that wrapped in {{ and }} characters. All formatting done with invariant culture if not specified in options. Please refer the Data+Templates section for more information.
Custom variables can be used in template content as {{$VariableName}} format. If variable is an object; formatting string can be used as {{$VariableName.Property}}.
Example
Basic template
var myNode = $Xml.Parse("<Customer><Name>John</Name></Customer");
var result = myNode.Format('<p>Hello {{Customer/Name}}!</p>');
// result now contains "<p>Hello John!</p>"
Example
Date formatting
var myNode = $Xml.Parse("<Customer><Name>John</Name><BirthDate>2014-01-31T09:00:00+02:00</BirthDate></Customer");
var result = myNode.Format('<p>Birth date : {{Customer/BirthDate}}</p>');
// result now contains "<p>Birth date : 01/31/2014 09:00:00 +02:00</p>"
Example
Using Variable
var myNode = $Xml.Parse("<Customer><Name>John</Name><BirthDate>2014-01-31T09:00:00+02:00</BirthDate></Customer");
var result = myNode.Format('<p>{{$MyVariable}}</p>', {
MyVariable : 'Custom Variable'
});
// result: <p>Custom Variable</p>