JavaServer Pages, Second Edition

Name

<x:parse>

Synopsis

The <x:parse> action parses an XML document and saves the result either as a standard org.w3c.dom.Document object or as an implementation-dependent object.

Syntax 1: Without a body

<x:parse xml="xmlDocument" 
  [var="var" [scope="page|request|session|application"] |
   varDom="var" [scopeDom="page|request|session|application"]]
  [systemId="systemId"]
  [filter="filter"] />

Syntax 2: With a body

<x:parse 
  [var="var" [scope="page|request|session|application"] |
   varDom="var" [scopeDom="page|request|session|application"]]
  [systemId="systemId"]
  [filter="filter"]>
  xmlDocument
</x:parse>

Attributes

Attribute name	Java type	Dynamic value accepted	Description
xml	String or Reader	Yes	The XML document.
systemId	String	Yes	A URI to use as a base for relative references in the document, as an absolute URL, or as a page- or context-relative path.
filter	org.xml.sax.XMLFilter	Yes	A filter that can remove elements that aren’t of interest.
var	String	No	The variable name. The type is implementation-dependent.
scope	String	No	The variable scope.
varDom	String	No	The DOM variable name. The type is org.w3c.dom.Document.
scope	String	No	The DOM variable scope.

Example

<c:import url="http://meerkat.oreillynet.com/?&p=4999&_fl=xml&t=ALL" 
  varReader="xmlSource">
  <x:parse var="doc" xml="${xmlSource}" scope="application" />
</c:import>