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XML Interface Toolkit

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The XML interface toolkit provides mechanisms to import and export data in XML format. Arbitrary structured XML data is mapped to according UBIK® objects and its properties by a mapping specified in a separate mapping configuration file. Both files have to be specified in the interface command file additional to the default parameters.

Parameters

The general parameters, marked by Import/Export, are equivalents of the settings used by UBIKSTUDIO to connect to a database, please refer to its settings section for a detailed description.

The parameter DataView is used only for export purposes and defines the name of a UBIK® View object. In an export process the XML toolkit

  • evaluates the view hierarchy and its objects
  • exports an object as defined in the mapping
  • in the same hierarchy as placed in the view
Key Application Description
Server Import/Export Name of the SQL Server (DataSource)
InitialCatalog Import/Export The name of the instance on the SQL Server (DataBase)
UserID Import/Export SQL Server user name (User)
Password Import/Export SQL Server password (Password)
RecordLifeTime Import/Export Duration how long records are valid before they will be requeried for changes by the kernel; -1 to turn off
WorkingFolder Import/Export Defines a folder where temporary files will be placed and deleted after processing
DataFile Import/Export Import: File path to XML data file to be imported; Export: Exported XML data will be stored in this file
DataMappingFile Import/Export File path to file containing the XML mapping information, both for import as well as export
DataView Export Name of a UBIK® view object defining the scope and hierarchy of exported objects
DataObject Export Guid of a single UBIK® object to be exported
DeleteFile Import/Export Defines whether or not the specified DataFile should be deleted after processing
LogFolder Import/Export Defines a folder where log files will be created into; if set a log file will be created always!
LogFile Import/Export Optional: defines a certain log file name; it not set the system will create an arbitrary one

Example: Export

  <InterfaceManager>
  <Commands>
    <Interface FullName="UBIK.Interface.Module.XML, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" File="C:\UBIK\Studio\Interfaces\UBIK.Interface.Module.XML.dll" Class="UBIK.Interface.Module.XML.XMLDataInterface" Direction="E">
      <Parameter Key="Server" Value="sqlserver" />
      <Parameter Key="InitialCatalog" Value="ubik" />
      <Parameter Key="UserID" Value="sa" />
      <Parameter Key="Password" Value="sa" />
      <Parameter Key="RecordLifeTime" Value="-1" />
      <Parameter Key="WorkingFolder" Value="C:\UBIK\Xml\Work" />
      <Parameter Key="DataFile" Value="C:\UBIK\Xml\Data\data.xml" />
      <Parameter Key="DataMappingFile" Value="C:\UBIK\Xml\Map\map.xml" />
      <Parameter Key="DataView" Value="VIE_EXPORT" />
      <Parameter Key="DeleteFile" Value="0" />
      <Parameter Key="LogFolder" Value="C:\UBIK\Log\Temp" />
      <Parameter Key="LogFile" Value="export.log" />
    </Interface>
  </Commands>
  </InterfaceManager>

Example: Import

  <InterfaceManager>
  <Commands>
    <Interface FullName="UBIK.Interface.Module.XML, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" File="C:\UBIK\Studio\Interfaces\UBIK.Interface.Module.XML.dll" Class="UBIK.Interface.Module.XML.XMLDataInterface" Direction="I">
      <Parameter Key="Server" Value="sqlserver" />
      <Parameter Key="InitialCatalog" Value="ubik" />
      <Parameter Key="UserID" Value="sa" />
      <Parameter Key="Password" Value="sa" />
      <Parameter Key="RecordLifeTime" Value="-1" />
      <Parameter Key="WorkingFolder" Value="C:\UBIK\Xml\Work" />
      <Parameter Key="DataFile" Value="C:\UBIK\Xml\Data\data.xml" />
      <Parameter Key="DataMappingFile" Value="C:\UBIK\Xml\Map\map.xml" />
      <Parameter Key="DataView" Value="" />
      <Parameter Key="DeleteFile" Value="0" />
      <Parameter Key="LogFolder" Value="C:\UBIK\Log\Temp" />
      <Parameter Key="LogFile" Value="import.log" />
    </Interface>
  </Commands>
  </InterfaceManager>

Mapping file

See also