When used with the XmlWriter extended data type, it sends an XML in the http request´s body. When used with the XmlReader extended data type, it is used in a web procedure (WebProc, procedure "main" and HTTP protocol) to read an XML included in the http request´s body.
XmlDataType.OpenRequest(HttpRequest)
Where:
XmlDataType
is XmlReader or XmlWriter extended data type.
Extended data types: XMLWriter Data Type, XMLReader Data Type
Generators:
.NET,
.NET Framework,
Java,
Ruby (up to GeneXus X Evolution 3),
Visual FoxPro (up to GeneXus X Evolution 3)
Client program:
// &Client is HttpClient type
// &Writer is XMLWriter type
// &Reader is XMLReader type
// Define the host and the the port where make the request
&client.host = "localhost"
&client.port = 88
// Adding the XML to request
&Writer.openRequest(&Client)
&Writer.WriteStartElement("Parameters")
&Writer.WriteElement("a", &A)
&Writer.WriteElement("b", &B)
&Writer.WriteEndElement()
&Writer.Close()
// Make POST to the WebProc
&Client.Execute("POST", "/servlet/awebproc")
// Read the XML than return and loaded in the internal variables
&Reader.OpenResponse(&client)
&Reader.Read()
&Reader.Read()
&a = Val(&Reader.Value)
&Reader.Read()
&b = Val(&Reader.Value)
&Reader.Close()
Program server (WebProc):
// &Request is HttpRequest type
// &Response is HttpResponse type
// &Writer is XMLWriter type
// &Reader is XMLReader type
// Read the XML's parameters
&Reader.OpenRequest(&Request)
&Reader.Read()
&Reader.Read()
&a = Val(&Reader.Value)
&reader.read()
&b = Val(&Reader.Value)
&Reader.Close()
// Add 1 to each value
&a = &a + 1 &b = &b + 1
// Write parameters into response
&Writer.openResponse(&Response)
&Writer.WriteStartElement("Parameters")
&Writer.WriteElement("a", &a)
&Writer.WriteElement("b", &b)
&Writer.WriteEndElement()
&Writer.Close()
ExcelDocument data type
WordDocument Data Type
XMLWriter Data Type
XMLReader Data Type