hercules.xml

The hercules.xml variable provides access to the XML library API.

toJson

hercules.xml.toJson(xml)

This function converts XML string to JSON that can be processed with the script.

Example: Write a code that accepts XML and processes it as JSON.

var filename = hercules.openFileDialog("Load XML", ".xml");
if (filename) {
    var xml = hercules.io.loadTextFromFile(filename);
    var json = hercules.xml.toJson(xml);
}

fromJson

hercules.xml.fromJson(json, rootName[, options])

This function converts JSON to XML string.

• json - source JSON

• rootName - name of the root XML element

• options - options object (optional)

Supported options:

• indent - indentation string (two spaces by default) or null to disable pretty print

• encoding - encoding (default is utf-8)

• xmlns - xml namespace, if needed

• attributes - list of keys that are treated as XML attributes rather than elements