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Create a readable handle for XML data from a URI or static text. This operation is useful when there is a need to read static XML data, XML data from a public URI or XML data from the output from another operation.

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Required Parameters

  • None

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Optional Parameters

  • uri: An XML file URI (for example http://mydomain.com/resources/somedata.xml or /tmp/myfile.xml).
  • text: XML text. This can be static XML that is set on an ArcScript attribute or the output from a previous operation in the script (such as the [http:content] output attribute of one of the http operations). See the example below.

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Output Attributes

  • handle: A readable handle reference to the XML data. This handle can be used by subsequent operations (see the example below).

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Example

When you use xmlOpen, make sure to use the corresponding xmlClose operation to close the handle at the end of the script to avoid leaking memory through open handles.