Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Programming Interfaces

Writing an XML document

The program flow of an XML write follows this general pattern in a forward-only stream:

The write begins with the START-DOCUMENT method and the document’s prolog is written.
To build an element, use the START-ELEMENT method to create the start tag for the desired element type.
Use the following methods to build the content of the tag:
INSERT-ATTRIBUTE( ) method
DECLARE-NAMESPACE( ) method
WRITE-CDATA( ) method
WRITE-CHARACTERS( ) method
WRITE-EMPTY-ELEMENT( ) method
WRITE-ENTITY-REF( ) method
WRITE-FRAGMENT( ) method
The END-ELEMENT method provides the closing tag for the named element.
Use the other methods to provide other types of XML content:
WRITE-DATA-ELEMENT( ) method
WRITE-EXTERNAL-DTD( ) method
WRITE-PROCESSING-INSTRUCTION( ) method
WRITE-COMMENT( ) method
The END-DOCUMENT method closes the XML document.