Xml.Format

Overview

string myXml.Format(template: string, options: object)

Arguments

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>

See Also

• Data+Templates
• Xml.Transform