XMLXQueryUpdater

Categories

Format Specific

Web

Provides updates to an XML document using XQuery Update expressions.

XQuery Functions

FME provides several functions that can be used within XQuery scripts. These functions allow XQuery scripts to access and manipulate feature attribute values. Currently, there are no functions that allow the manipulation of feature geometry.

See XQuery Functions.

Examples

XQuery Examples

Configuration

Parameters

XQuery Input, XQuery Expression, XQuery Attribute, XQuery File

This parameter identifies the type of the XQuery to be executed. The possible values each correspond to ways of specifying the XQuery. It can be

  • directly specified – XQuery expression
  • an attribute on a feature – Attribute specifying an XQuery
  • a path to a file – XQuery file

XML Input, XML Attribute, XML File

This parameter identifies either an attribute that contains an XML document (XML Attribute), or specifies a file that contains an XML document (XML File). You can set this parameter to None (file is specified in query) if the XQuery parameter above refers to an XML file. If this parameter is set, the context document for the query will be set to the value of the parameter (either as a file or a string, as appropriate).

XML Result

Name the attribute to contain the XQuery results. It is used only when the XML document is an attribute.

For every element in the result set, a feature will be output the QueryResults port with the value of the result set to the attribute specified by this parameter.

When the query operates directly on a file, the update will occur on the file itself, and no features will be produced. If this is not the desired result, you can read the file using an AttributeFileReader transformer and pass that feature into the XQueryUpdater transformer.

Editing Transformer Parameters

Using a set of menu options, transformer parameters can be assigned by referencing other elements in the workspace. More advanced functions, such as an advanced editor and an arithmetic editor, are also available in some transformers. To access a menu of these options, click beside the applicable parameter. For more information, see Transformer Parameter Menu Options.

Defining Values

There are several ways to define a value for use in a Transformer. The simplest is to simply type in a value or string, which can include functions of various types such as attribute references, math and string functions, and workspace parameters. There are a number of tools and shortcuts that can assist in constructing values, generally available from the drop-down context menu adjacent to the value field.

Using the Text Editor

The Text Editor provides a convenient way to construct text strings (including regular expressions) from various data sources, such as attributes, parameters, and constants, where the result is used directly inside a parameter.

Text Editor

Using the Arithmetic Editor

The Arithmetic Editor provides a convenient way to construct math expressions from various data sources, such as attributes, parameters, and feature functions, where the result is used directly inside a parameter.

Arithmetic Editor

Conditional Values

Set values depending on one or more test conditions that either pass or fail.

Parameter Condition Definition Dialog

Content

Expressions and strings can include a number of functions, characters, parameters, and more.

When setting values - whether entered directly in a parameter or constructed using one of the editors - strings and expressions containing String, Math, Date/Time or FME Feature Functions will have those functions evaluated. Therefore, the names of these functions (in the form @<function_name>) should not be used as literal string values.

String Functions

These functions manipulate and format strings.

Special Characters

 A set of control characters is available in the Text Editor.

Math Functions

Math functions are available in both editors.
Date/Time Functions Date and time functions are available in the Text Editor.

Math Operators

These operators are available in the Arithmetic Editor.

FME Feature Functions

These return primarily feature-specific values.

FME Parameters

FME and workspace-specific parameters may be used.
Creating and Modifying User Parameters Create your own editable parameters.

Dialog Options - Tables

Transformers with table-style parameters have additional tools for populating and manipulating values.

Row Reordering

Enabled once you have clicked on a row item. Choices include:

  • Add a row
  • Remove a row
  • Move current row up one
  • Move current row down one
  • Move current row to top
  • Move current row to bottom

Cut, Copy, and Paste

Enabled once you have clicked on a row item. Choices include:

  • Cut a row - delete and copy to clipboard
  • Copy a row to the clipboard
  • Paste a row from the clipboard

Cut, copy, and paste may be used within a transformer, or between transformers.

Filter

Start typing a string, and the matrix will only display rows matching those characters. Searches all columns. This only affects the display of attributes within the transformer - it does not alter which attributes are output.

Import

Import populates the table with a set of new attributes read from a dataset. Specific application varies between transformers.

Reset/Refresh

Generally resets the table to its initial state, and may provide additional options to remove invalid entries. Behavior varies between transformers.

Note: Not all tools are available in all transformers.

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