Altova XMLSpy 2025 Professional Edition

The "SpyDoc doc = app.GetDocuments().OpenFile(...)" command parameter must be altered to suit your environment.

What the sample does:

•Starts a new XMLSpy instance

•Opens the Datasheet.xml file (alter the path here...)

•Switches to the Enhanced Grid view

•Appends a new child element called "NewChild" with the text value "NewValuE" element to the root element

•Checks if the document is valid and outputs a message to the Java console

•Quits and releases the XMLSpy application

import XMLSpyInterface.*;

public class TestSpyInterface

{

public TestSpyInterface() {}

public static void main(String[] args)

{

SpyApplication app = null;

SpyDoc oDoc = null;

SpyXMLData oData = null;

SpyXMLData oNewChild = null;

try

{

app = new SpyApplication();

app.ShowApplication( true );

oDoc = app.GetDocuments().OpenFile("C:\\FilePath\\OrgChart.xml", true );

// OrgChart.xml is in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\Altova\XMLSpy2025. The filepath should be in

// the form: C:\\Documents and Settings\\Username\\Folder\\Filename.xml

if ( oDoc != null )

{

oDoc.SwitchViewMode(SPYViewModes.spyViewGrid);

oData = oDoc.GetRootElement();

oNewChild = oDoc.CreateChild(SPYXMLDataKind.spyXMLDataElement);

oNewChild.SetName( "NewChild" );

oNewChild.SetTextValue("newVaLuE");

oData.AppendChild(oNewChild);

if ( oDoc.IsValid() == false )

{

// is to be expected after above insertion

System.out.println( "!!!!!!validation error: " + oDoc.GetErrorString() );

System.out.println( "!!!!!!validation error: " + oDoc.GetErrorPos() );

System.out.println( "!!!!!!validation error: " + oDoc.GetBadData() );            

}

}

app.Quit();

}

finally

{

// Free any allocated resources by calling ReleaseInstance().

if ( oNewChild != null )

oNewChild.ReleaseInstance();

if ( oData != null )

oData.ReleaseInstance();

if ( oDoc != null )

oDoc.ReleaseInstance();

if ( app != null )

app.ReleaseInstance();

}

}

}

If you have difficulties compiling this sample, please try the following commands on the (Start | Run | cmd) command line. Please make sure you are currently in the folder that contains the sample java file.

compilation

javac -classpath c:\yourpathhere\XMLSpyInterface.jar testspyinterface.java

Execution

java -classpath c:\yourpathhere\XMLSpyInterface.jar testspyinterface