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Using XML-format files as databases

Description
  • Using xpath search expressions to retrieve (lists of) nodes
  • Editing an XML file: adding, copying, deleting nodes
  • Configuring the appearance (e.g. spacing) of XML output files
The example 'booksearch.mos' works with a database file documenting the example models from the book 'Applications of optimization with Xpress-MP'.

The example 'xmlrefexpl.mos' works with a personnel database, retrieving and modifying some of its entries.

Further explanation of this example: 'Mosel Language Reference', Chapter 'mmxml'


Source Files
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booksearch.mos[download]
xmlrefexpl.mos[download]

Data Files





refexample.xml

<personnelList>
  <region id="EMEA"> 
    <employee id="J123"> 
      <startDate>2001</startDate>
      <name>Jean</name>
      <address>Paris</address> 
      <language>French</language>
      <language>English</language>
      <language>Spanish</language>
    </employee>
    <employee id="L234"> 
      <startDate>2010</startDate>
      <name>Lisa</name>
      <address>London</address> 
      <language>English</language>
      <language>French</language>
    </employee>
    <employee id="T345"> 
      <startDate>2005</startDate>
      <name>Tom</name>
      <address>Berlin</address> 
      <language>German</language>
      <language>English</language>
      <language>Russian</language>
    </employee>
    <employee id="P456"> 
      <startDate>2005</startDate>
      <name>Pedro</name>
      <address>Madrid</address> 
      <language>French</language>
      <language>Spanish</language>
      <language>English</language>
    </employee>
    <employee id="P890" parttime="true"> 
      <startDate>2004</startDate>
      <name>Paolo</name>
      <address>Milano</address> 
      <language>English</language>
      <language>Italian</language>
    </employee>
  </region>
  <region id="APAC"> 
    <employee id="K789"> 
      <startDate>2003</startDate>
      <name>Keiko</name>
      <address>Tokyo</address> 
      <language>English</language>
      <language>Japanese</language>
    </employee>
    <employee id="L321"> 
      <startDate>2009</startDate>
      <name>Yiping</name>
      <address>Shanghai</address> 
      <language>Chinese</language>
      <language>English</language>
    </employee>
    <employee id="J876"> 
      <startDate>2006</startDate>
      <name>James</name>
      <address>Singapore</address> 
      <language>Chinese</language>
      <language>English</language>
    </employee>
  </region>
  <region id="AM"> 
    <employee id="B567"> 
      <startDate>2011</startDate>
      <name>Bill</name>
      <address>New York</address> 
      <language>English</language>
    </employee>
    <employee id="S678" parttime="true"> 
      <startDate>2011</startDate>
      <name>Sarah</name>
      <address>San Francisco</address> 
      <language>English</language>
      <language>Spanish</language>
    </employee>
    <employee id="J987"> 
      <startDate>2008</startDate>
      <name>Joao</name>
      <address>Rio de Janeiro</address> 
      <language>Portuguese</language>
      <language>Spanish</language>
      <language>English</language>
    </employee>
  </region>
</personnelList>

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