wip

examples/mike.xml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-  <cat>3f</cat>
-  <dog>meow:as</dog>
-  <dog3>true</dog3>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<cat>3f</cat>
+<dog>meow:as</dog>
+<dog3>true</dog3>

pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/encode-decode.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ These operators are useful to process yaml documents that have stringified embed
 | Properties |  | to_props/@props |
 | CSV |  | to_csv/@csv |
 | TSV |  | to_tsv/@tsv |
+| XML | from_xml |  |
 
 
 CSV and TSV format both accept either a single array or scalars (representing a single row), or an array of array of scalars (representing multiple rows). 

pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/xml.md

@@ -141,3 +141,22 @@ will output
 </cat>
 ```
 
+## Encode xml: attributes with content
+Fields with the matching xml-content-name is assumed to be content.
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+cat:
+  +name: tiger
+  +content: cool
+
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq e -o=xml '.' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```xml
+<cat name="tiger">cool</cat>
+```
+

pkg/yqlib/encoder_xml.go

@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ import (
 type xmlEncoder struct {
 	xmlEncoder      *xml.Encoder
 	attributePrefix string
+	contentName     string
 }
 
-func NewXmlEncoder(writer io.Writer, indent int, attributePrefix string) Encoder {
+func NewXmlEncoder(writer io.Writer, indent int, attributePrefix string, contentName string) Encoder {
 	encoder := xml.NewEncoder(writer)
 	var indentString = ""
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ func NewXmlEncoder(writer io.Writer, indent int, attributePrefix string) Encoder
 		indentString = indentString + " "
 	}
 	encoder.Indent("", indentString)
-	return &xmlEncoder{encoder, attributePrefix}
+	return &xmlEncoder{encoder, attributePrefix, contentName}
 }
 func (e *xmlEncoder) Encode(node *yaml.Node) error {
 	switch node.Kind {
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ func (e *xmlEncoder) encodeMap(node *yaml.Node, start xml.StartElement) error {
 		key := node.Content[i]
 		value := node.Content[i+1]
 
-		if strings.HasPrefix(key.Value, e.attributePrefix) {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(key.Value, e.attributePrefix) && key.Value != e.contentName {
 			if value.Kind == yaml.ScalarNode {
 				attributeName := strings.Replace(key.Value, e.attributePrefix, "", 1)
 				start.Attr = append(start.Attr, xml.Attr{Name: xml.Name{Local: attributeName}, Value: value.Value})
@@ -112,12 +113,19 @@ func (e *xmlEncoder) encodeMap(node *yaml.Node, start xml.StartElement) error {
 		key := node.Content[i]
 		value := node.Content[i+1]
 
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(key.Value, e.attributePrefix) {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(key.Value, e.attributePrefix) && key.Value != e.contentName {
 			start := xml.StartElement{Name: xml.Name{Local: key.Value}}
 			err := e.doEncode(value, start)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+		} else if key.Value == e.contentName {
+			// directly encode the contents
+			var charData xml.CharData = []byte(value.Value)
+			err = e.xmlEncoder.EncodeToken(charData)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 

pkg/yqlib/printer.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const (
 	PropsOutputFormat
 	CsvOutputFormat
 	TsvOutputFormat
+	XmlOutputFormat
 )
 
 func OutputFormatFromString(format string) (PrinterOutputFormat, error) {
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ func OutputFormatFromString(format string) (PrinterOutputFormat, error) {
 		return CsvOutputFormat, nil
 	case "tsv", "t":
 		return TsvOutputFormat, nil
+	case "xml", "x":
+		return XmlOutputFormat, nil
 	default:
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unknown format '%v' please use [yaml|json|props|csv|tsv]", format)
 	}
@@ -104,6 +107,8 @@ func (p *resultsPrinter) printNode(node *yaml.Node, writer io.Writer) error {
 		encoder = NewCsvEncoder(writer, '\t')
 	case YamlOutputFormat:
 		encoder = NewYamlEncoder(writer, p.indent, p.colorsEnabled)
+	case XmlOutputFormat:
+		encoder = NewXmlEncoder(writer, p.indent, "+", "+content")
 	}
 
 	return encoder.Encode(node)

pkg/yqlib/xml_test.go

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func yamlToXml(sampleYaml string, indent int) string {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
 	writer := bufio.NewWriter(&output)
 
-	var encoder = NewXmlEncoder(writer, indent, "+")
+	var encoder = NewXmlEncoder(writer, indent, "+", "+content")
 	inputs, err := readDocuments(strings.NewReader(sampleYaml), "sample.yml", 0, NewYamlDecoder())
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ var xmlScenarios = []xmlScenario{
 		expected:       "<cat +name=\"tiger\">\n  <meows>true</meows>\n</cat>",
 		encodeScenario: true,
 	},
+	{
+		description:    "Encode xml: attributes with content",
+		subdescription: "Fields with the matching xml-content-name is assumed to be content.",
+		input:          "cat:\n  +name: tiger\n  +content: cool\n",
+		expected:       "<cat name=\"tiger\">cool</cat>",
+		encodeScenario: true,
+	},
 }
 
 //encode
@@ -121,7 +128,7 @@ func documentXmlScenario(t *testing.T, w *bufio.Writer, i interface{}) {
 		return
 	}
 	if s.encodeScenario {
-		documentXmlEncodeScenario(t, w, s)
+		documentXmlEncodeScenario(w, s)
 	} else {
 		documentXmlDecodeScenario(t, w, s)
 	}
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@ func documentXmlDecodeScenario(t *testing.T, w *bufio.Writer, s xmlScenario) {
 	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n", output.String()))
 }
 
-func documentXmlEncodeScenario(t *testing.T, w *bufio.Writer, s xmlScenario) {
+func documentXmlEncodeScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s xmlScenario) {
 	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("## %v\n", s.description))
 
 	if s.subdescription != "" {