Altova XMLSpy 2025 Enterprise Edition

#include <ctime> // required to get current time
using namespace Doc; // required to work with Altova libraries
 
void Example()
{
  // Create a new, empty XML document
  CDoc libDoc = CDoc::CreateDocument();
 
  // Create the root element <Library> and add it to the document
  CLibraryType lib = libDoc.Library.append();
 
  // Get current time and set the "LastUpdated" attribute using Altova classes
  time_t t = time(NULL);  
  struct tm * now = localtime( & t );
  altova::DateTime dt = altova::DateTime(now->tm_year + 1900, now->tm_mon + 1, now->tm_mday, now->tm_hour, now->tm_min, now->tm_sec);
  lib.LastUpdated = dt;
 
  // Create a new <Book> and add it to the library
  CBookType book = lib.Book.append();
 
  // Set the "ID" attribute of the book
  book.ID = 1;
 
  // Set the "Format" attribute of the <Book> using an enumeration constant
  book.Format.SetEnumerationValue( CBookFormatType::k_Paperback );
 
  // Add the <Title> and <Author> elements, and set values
  book.Title.append() = _T("The XML Spy Handbook");
  book.Author.append() = _T("Altova");
 
  // Append a dictionary (book of derived type) and populate its attributes and elements
  CDictionaryType dictionary = CDictionaryType(lib.Book.append().GetNode());
  dictionary.ID = 2;
  dictionary.Format.SetEnumerationValue( CBookFormatType::k_E_book);
  dictionary.Title.append() = _T("English-German Dictionary");
  dictionary.Author.append() = _T("John Doe");
  dictionary.FromLang.append() = _T("English");
  dictionary.ToLang.append() = _T("German");
 
  // Since dictionary a derived type, set the xsi:type attribute of the book element
  dictionary.SetXsiType();
 
  // Optionally, set the schema location
  libDoc.SetSchemaLocation(_T("Library.xsd"));
 
  // Save the XML document to a file with default encoding (UTF-8),
  // "true" causes the file to be pretty-printed.
  libDoc.SaveToFile(_T("GeneratedLibrary.xml"), true);
 
  // Destroy the document
  libDoc.DestroyDocument();
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Library xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.nanonull.com/LibrarySample" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.nanonull.com/LibrarySample Library.xsd" LastUpdated="2016-02-03T17:10:08.4977404">
<Book ID="1" Format="E-book">
<Title>The XMLSpy Handbook</Title>
<Author>Altova</Author>
</Book>
<Book ID="2" Format="Paperback" xmlns:n1="http://www.nanonull.com/LibrarySample" xsi:type="n1:DictionaryType">
<Title>English-German Dictionary</Title>
<Author>John Doe</Author>
<FromLang>English</FromLang>
<ToLang>German</ToLang>
</Book>
</Library>

using namespace Doc;
void Example()
{
  // Load XML document
  CDoc libDoc = CDoc::LoadFromFile(_T("Library1.xml"));
 
  // Get the first (and only) root element <Library>
  CLibraryType lib = libDoc.Library.first();
 
  // Check whether an element exists:
  if (!lib.Book.exists())
  {
    tcout << "This library is empty." << std::endl;
    return;
  }
 
  // iteration: for each <Book>...
  for (Iterator<CBookType> itBook = lib.Book.all(); itBook; ++itBook)
  {
    // output values of ISBN attribute and (first and only) title element
    tcout << "ID: " << itBook->ID << std::endl;
    tcout << "Title: " << tstring(itBook->Title.first()) << std::endl;
     
    // read and compare an enumeration value
    if (itBook->Format.GetEnumerationValue() == CBookFormatType::k_Paperback)
        tcout << "This is a paperback book." << std::endl;
     
    // for each <Author>...
    for (CBookType::Author::iterator itAuthor = itBook->Author.all(); itAuthor; ++itAuthor)
        tcout << "Author: " << tstring(itAuthor) << std::endl;
     
    // alternative: use count and index
    for (unsigned int j = 0; j < itBook->Author.count(); ++j)
        tcout << "Author: " << tstring(itBook->Author[j]) << std::endl;
  }
 
  // Destroy the document
  libDoc.DestroyDocument();
}