Re: generating an XML file using Ada code

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> writes:

> How can I create an XML file?

In ASIS2XML[1] I say

   DOM.Core.Nodes.Print (Doc,
                         Print_Comments => True,
                         Print_XML_PI => True,
                         EOL_Sequence => "");

This produces a single very long line of XML; tidy will make a readable
version.

Looking at DOM.Core.Nodes.Print,

   procedure Print
     (N              : Node;
      Print_Comments : Boolean := False;
      Print_XML_PI   : Boolean := False;
      With_URI       : Boolean := False;
      EOL_Sequence   : String  := Sax.Encodings.Lf_Sequence;
      Encoding       : Unicode.Encodings.Unicode_Encoding :=
        Unicode.Encodings.Get_By_Name ("utf-8");
      Collapse_Empty_Nodes : Boolean := False);
   --  For debugging purposes only!
   --
   --  Same as Write, but the output is done on Stdout.
   --  Warning: the default values for the parameters are not the same as for
   --  write. For the latter, they are chosen so that by default the output is
   --  valid XML, whereas Print is mostly intended to be used for testsuite
   --  purposes, and the default match that goal.

I see I should have used DOM.Core.Nodes.Write! Another example of
scratch development code making it into production.

[1] https://sourceforge.net/p/asis2xml/code/ci/default/tree/asis2xml.adb