[GROOVY-1955] Adding complete body of XML tag with GPathResult.getBody() including CDATA sections

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-beta-2
• Component/s: XML Processing
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Frank Kaiser
• Created: 27/Jun/07 16:42
• Updated: 01/Jul/07 12:03
• Resolved: 01/Jul/07 12:03

Description

Closes a gap in GPathResult methods by providing a new "getBody()" method.
The method extracts the complete body of an XML tag into a closure wich can
then be inserted at another location in the XML builder.

The example below demonstrates how to use the getBody() method.
In this example the <sec> tag is replaced by a <t> tag.
Then the body of the <sec> tag is inserted into the <t> tag.

The expected result is: <doc><t>Hello<p>World</p></t></doc>

Existing methods of GPathResult ignore CDATA. In the example below
the "Hello" would be ignored.

def xmlOut = new StreamingMarkupBuilder()
def xmlInStr ="""
<doc><sec>Hello<p>World</p></sec></doc>
"""

GPathResult xmlIn = new XmlSlurper().parseText(xmlInStr)

xmlIn.sec.replaceNode{ node ->
t()

{ delegate.mkp.yield node.getBody() }

}

println xmlOut.bind

{ mkp.yield xmlIn }