Input

For more information about mapping and transforming input data, see TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Process Design.

The input for the activity is the following.

Input Item

Datatype

Description

xmlString

string

The XML string to parse.

This input element is available when the Input Style configuration field is set to text.

xmlBinary

complex

Available when the Input Style configuration field is set to binary.

This input item contains a required bytes item for which you specify the input XML bytes.

This input item also contains an optional forceEncoding item. This specifies the encoding to use when parsing the XML. If this element is not specified, the encoding specified in the XML header of the byte element is used to parse the XML. If the encoding value is not specified in the XML header, the default encoding (UTF-8) is used.

You can specify any valid XML encoding value listed in IANA-Charsets. For a complete list, see http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets. Encoding names are case insensitive.

xmlBinary|xmlString

choice

Available when the Input Style configuration field is set to dynamic.

This allows you to specify a choice statement and set substitution and supply the correct input type at runtime.