XmlProperty Task

value in the property name.

Attribute	Description	Required
file	The XML file to parse.	Yes
prefix	The prefix to prepend to each property	No
keepRoot	No, default is true.
validate	If true, it enables validation.	No, default is false.
collapseAttributes	If true, it treats attributes as nested elements.	No, default is false.

generating the property names from the file's element and attribute names.

 

   <root-tag myattr="true">

    <inner-tag someattr="val">Text</inner-tag>

    <a2><a3><a4>false</a4></a3></a2>

   </root-tag>

   root-tag(myattr)=true

   root-tag.inner-tag=Text

   root-tag.inner-tag(someattr)=val

   root-tag.a2.a3.a4=false

These are the properties loaded by this task from the previous example file.

   root-tag.myattr=true

   root-tag.inner-tag=Text

   root-tag.inner-tag.someatt=val

   root-tag.a2.a3.a4=false

These are the properties loaded by this task from the previous example file, with attribute collapsing true.