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PREPARED BY:

SAGAR CHAITANYAVENKATESH HEMANTHMAHESH SUJAN

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ROOT ELEMENT

(PARENT ELEMENT)CHILDPARENT

ELEMENT

(CHILD ELEMENT)

TITLE AUTHOR

ATTRIBUTE:PUBLISHED

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SAMPLE XML FILE.

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

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OBJECTIVE:

y Usage ofMicrosoft.XMLDOM to read andparse XML file from QuickTest Professional(QTP)

y Usage ofXPath for performing differentqueries to extract required data

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MicrosoftsXML Parser also known as Microsoft.XMLDOM. ThisXML parser allows running XPATH queries.

DOM -> Document Object Model

The Document Object Model (DOM) is a cross-platform and language-independent convention for representing and interacting with objects inHTML, XHTML and XML documents.

Uses a scripting languageand valid markup (HTML/XHTML/XML/etc.)

Can be used with any programming/scripting language

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Async is a property ofMicrosoft.XMLDOM.The property specifies whether asynchronous download ofthe document is permitted.(xmlDoc.Async = False).

The Async property specifies whether downloading ofan XML file should be handled asynchronously or not.

True means that the load() method returns the control

to the caller before the download is complete.False means that the download must be completed

before the caller gets the control back.

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Load method loads an XML document from thespecified file.

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Loading of XML file in QTP:

ConstXMLDataFile = "C:\TestData.xml

SetxmlDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")

xmlDoc.Async =FalsexmlDoc.Load(XMLDataFile)

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Expression Description

nodename Selects all child nodes of the named node

/ Selects from the root node

// Selects nodes in the document from the current node that match theselection no matter where they are

. Selects the current node

.. Selects the parent of the current node

@ Selects attributes

The XML Path Language, is a query language for selecting nodes from an XML document.

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y SelectNodes:

Selects a list of nodes matching the XPATH expression.

Syntax:Xmldoc .SelectNodes (XPATH)

y SelectSingleNode:

Selects the XMLNode that matches the XPATH expression

Syntax:

Xmldoc .SelectSingleNode (XPATH)

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1.How to get number of books in a bookstore?

The QTP script is:

Set nodes = xmlDoc. SelectNodes("/bookstore/book")MsgBox "Total books: " & nodes. Length

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2.Howto gettitleofthefirst book?

QTP script is:

Set node=xmlDoc. SelectSingleNode("/bookstore/book[0]/title/text()")MsgBox"Titleof1st book: " &node.NodeValue

Set node=xmlDoc. SelectSingleNode("/bookstore/book[1]/title/text()")

Note: Pay attention that nodes are zero-indexed, i.e. first book isbook[0], second book is book[1], and so on.

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3.Howto gettitlesofall booksina bookstore?QTP script gets list of books from XML file and iterates them through:

' getalltitlesSet nodes=xmlDoc.SelectNodes("/bookstore/book/title/text()")

' gettheir valuesFori=0To(nodes.Length - 1)

Title=nodes(i).NodeValue

MsgBoxTitleNextThe result is:

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4.Howto gettitlesofall John Smith's books?

QTP script is:' getlistofJohn Smith's booksSet nodes=xmlDoc.SelectNodes("/bookstore/book/title[../author='JohnSmith']/text()")

' gettheirtitlesFori=0To(nodes.Length - 1)

Title=nodes(i).NodeValueMsgBoxTitle

Next

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5.Howto gettitlesofall books publishedafter2003?

QTP script is:' getlistofbooks publishedafter2003Set nodes=xmlDoc.SelectNodes("/bookstore/book/title[@published >2003]/text()")

' gettheirtitlesFori=0To(nodes.Length - 1)

Title=nodes(i).NodeValueMsgBoxTitle

Next

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y http://www.w3schools.com/XPath/xpath_syntax.asp

y http://motevich.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-to-read-xml-file-

from-qtp_08.html

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