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// Go offers built-in support for XML and XML-like
// formats with the `encoding.xml` package.
package main
import (
"encoding/xml"
"fmt"
)
// This type will be mapped to XML. Similarly to the
// JSON examples, field tags contain directives for the
// encoder and decoder. Here we use some special features
// of the XML package: the `XMLName` field name dictates
// the name of the XML element representing this struct;
// `id,attr` means that the `Id` field is an XML
// _attribute_ rather than a nested element.
type Plant struct {
XMLName xml.Name `xml:"plant"`
Id int `xml:"id,attr"`
Name string `xml:"name"`
Origin []string `xml:"origin"`
}
func (p Plant) String() string {
return fmt.Sprintf("Plant id=%v, name=%v, origin=%v",
p.Id, p.Name, p.Origin)
}
func main() {
coffee := &Plant{Id: 27, Name: "Coffee"}
coffee.Origin = []string{"Ethiopia", "Brazil"}
// Emit XML representing our plant; using
// `MarshalIndent` to produce a more
// human-readable output.
out, _ := xml.MarshalIndent(coffee, " ", " ")
fmt.Println(string(out))
// To add a generic XML header to the output, append
// it explicitly.
fmt.Println(xml.Header + string(out))
// Use `Unmarhshal` to parse a stream of bytes with XML
// into a data structure. If the XML is malformed or
// cannot be mapped onto Plant, a descriptive error
// will be returned.
var p Plant
if err := xml.Unmarshal(out, &p); err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Println(p)
tomato := &Plant{Id: 81, Name: "Tomato"}
tomato.Origin = []string{"Mexico", "California"}
// The `parent>child>plant` field tag tells the encoder
// to nest all `plant`s under `<parent><child>...`
type Nesting struct {
XMLName xml.Name `xml:"nesting"`
Plants []*Plant `xml:"parent>child>plant"`
}
nesting := &Nesting{}
nesting.Plants = []*Plant{coffee, tomato}
out, _ = xml.MarshalIndent(nesting, " ", " ")
fmt.Println(string(out))
}