%ToXML

This special method converts an internal object to an XML string.

All special method names and keywords are case-insensitive.

Syntax

object->%ToXML()

Syntax elements

Applicability

Internal objects only.

Comments

Each element of the object is converted to an XML element of the same name. The type of each element is identified by a type attribute which can have one of the following single-letter values:

Examples

Given:

Dylan = %New()
Dylan->firstNname = "Bob"
Dylan->lastName = "Dylan"
Dylan->dateOfBirth = 1941

Converts the Dylan object to an XML string.

PRINT Dylan->%ToXML()

which produces:

<root>
 <firstName type="S">Bob</firstName>
 <lastName type="S">Dylan</lastName>
 <dateOfBirth type="I">1941</dateOfBirth>
<root>

See also

%New, %ToJSON, %ToMV