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Syntax for XPath based list-rendering profiles

An XPath based list-rendering profile contains a set of name-value pairs called entries. This set of entries defines the set of available list properties and item attributes available for transforming external data into bean lists.

The following list of list-rendering profile entries show a sample XPath based list-rendering profile used for transforming Atom feed documents. For more information, read The Atom Syndication Format. 

    sample_atom.BeanListProviderID=ibm.portal.ddc.xml
sample_atom.NamespaceMapping.atom=http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom
sample_atom.ListItemSelection=//atom:entry

### Item Attribute Declarations:
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.id=./atom:id
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.title=./atom:title
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.summary=./atom:summary
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.subtitle=./atom:subtitle
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.authorName=./atom:author/atom:name
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.authorEmail=./atom:author/atom:email
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.authorUri=./atom:author/atom:uri
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.contributorName=./atom:contributor/atom:name
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.contributorEmail=./atom:contributor/atom:email
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.contributorUri=./atom:contributor/atom:uri
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.updated=./atom:updated
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.updated.Type=Date
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.published=./atom:published
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.published.Type=Date
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.content=./atom:content
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.categoryTerms=./atom:category/@term
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.categorySchemes=./atom:category/@scheme
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.categoryLabels=./atom:category/@label
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.selfLink=./atom:link[@rel='self']/@href
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.enclosureLink=./atom:link[@rel='enclosure']/@href
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.alternateLink=./atom:link[@rel='alternate']/@href
sample_atom.ItemAttribute.editLink=./atom:link[@rel='edit']/@href

### List Property Declarations:
sample_atom.ListProperty.author=/atom:feed/atom:author
sample_atom.ListProperty.id=/atom:feed/atom:id
sample_atom.ListProperty.selfLink=/atom:feed/atom:link[@rel='self']/@href
sample_atom.ListProperty.title=/atom:feed/atom:title
sample_atom.ListProperty.updated=/atom:feed/atom:updated
sample_atom.ListProperty.updated.Type=Date

The names that we use in the list-rendering profile entries must adhere to a specific syntax to be parsed correctly by the IBM Digital Data Connector framework.

The format for the entry names is profile-id.key[.name[.meta-data-key]]. The meanings of the portions are described in the following list:

    profile.id
    This key specifies an internal ID. It is used only to correlate the entries that belong to the same profile.

    key
    This key identifies the list-rendering profile aspect that is affected by this entry. Valid values are Name, BeanListProviderID, ResourceBundleBaseName, NamespaceMapping, ListItemSelection, ItemAttribute, AssociatedItemAttribute, ComputedItemAttribute, ConstructedItemAttribute, ListProperty, ComputedListProperty, IsShownInAuthoringUI, Extends, ShowInAuthoringUI, Shared, Escape.

    name
    This key specifies the name of the artifact to be defined, for example the attribute name. Names must not contain a period ( . ).

    meta-data-key
    Some list-rendering profiles entries support metadata that can be associated using corresponding metadata keys. Valid values are Type, Default, Format, Depends.

The set of valid values for a list-rendering profile entry depend on the key used in the entry name. For more information, read the following topics.


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Related information


The Atom Syndication Format