MarkLogic Server 11.0 Product Documentationes.instanceXmlFromDocument
es.instanceXmlFromDocument( entity-document as Node ) as Sequence
Summary
This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
Extract a canonical entity instance from its envelope document, as XML.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| entity-document | An envelope document that contains canonical entity instance(s). |
Usage Notes
Use this function to extract the canonical XML instance data from an envelope document. This function returns a sequence of XML elements, one per instance in the envelope document. If no instances are found, an empty sequence is returned.See Also
- Managing Entity Instances in the Entity Services Developer's Guide.
- es.instanceFromDocument
- es.instanceJsonFromDocument
Example
/* Assume /es-gs/env/1234.xml is an envelope document with
* the following contents:
<es:envelope xmlns:es="http://marklogic.com/entity-services">
<es:instance>
<es:info>
<es:title>Person</es:title>
<es:version>0.0.1</es:version>
</es:info>
<Person>
<id>1234</id>
<firstName>George</firstName>
<lastName>Washington</lastName>
<fullName>George Washington</fullName>
</Person>
</es:instance>
<es:attachments>
<person>
<pid>1234</pid>
<first>George</first>
<last>Washington</last>
</person>
</es:attachments>
</es:envelope>
*/
const es = require('/MarkLogic/entity-services/entity-services');
fn.head(
es.instanceXmlFromDocument(cts.doc('/es-gs/env/1234.xml'))
);
/* Returns the following, as an XML node
<Person xmlns:es="http://marklogic.com/entity-services">
<id>1234</id>
<firstName>George</firstName>
<lastName>Washington</lastName>
<fullName>George Washington</fullName>
</Person>
*/