Update XML File with XPath Step

This step updates XML files using XPath to locate items to edit.

Required properties:

Property Name Description
Include Files

Specify a new-line-separated list of of file/directory patterns to include.

Pattern Matching Rules:

* matches zero or more characters

? matches one character

** matches zero or more directories

Examples:

*.java - matches .java, x.java, and FooBar.java

?.java - matches x.java, A.java

**/*.txt - matches all txt files recursively

**/CVS/* - matches all files in CVS directories anywhere in the directory tree

org/apache/jakarta/** - matches all files in the org/apache/jakarta directory tree

org/apache/**/CVS/* - matches all files in CVS directories anywhere in the in the directory tree under org/apache/

**/test/** - matches all files that have a test element in their path, including test as a filename

Optional properties:

Property Name Description
Directory Offset A subdirectory of the current working directory where the step is to execute
Exclude Files Specify a new-line-separated list of file/directory patterns to exclude. Pattern matching rules are the same as those listed in Include Files.
Replace with Text

Specify a new-line-separated list of XPath expression->replacement pairs.

Example:

/root/foo/@bar->my_bar looks for the all foo elements under the root element and replaces their bar attribute value with my_bar. This does nothing if the attribute bar does not exist.
Remove A new-line-separated list of XPath expressions for elements to remove.

Example:

/root/foo removes all elements foo under the root element.
Insert XML

Specify a new-line-separated list of XPath expression->content pairs.

Example:

/root/foo-><bar/> looks for the all foo elements under the root element and inserts an empty child element bar.
Set Attributes

Specify a new-line-separated list of XPath expression->replacement pairs.

Example:

/root/foo/@bar->my_bar looks for all foo elements under the root element and replaces their bar attribute value with my_bar. The XPath expression must end with the /@name of the attribute to insert or update and contain a -> separator to denote the value.
Fail if No Match Found Select here for the step to fail if any of the XPath expressions do not return a match.