{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"extension","attrs":{"layout":"default","extensionType":"com.atlassian.confluence.macro.core","extensionKey":"toc","parameters":{"macroParams":{},"macroMetadata":{"macroId":{"value":"ce5a4047-d82c-4a60-8a7a-55524ad8b9f0"},"schemaVersion":{"value":"1"},"title":"Table of Contents"}},"localId":"9ecf296a-8c10-4af4-b720-1c14ef34670f"}},{"type":"rule"},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The default case receives instructions for the document creation in XML and Connect interface definition.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"text":"Connect interface definition","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The interface definition lets the Word editor know which fields will provide values in the future and can be inserted and formatted in the document as placeholders. These elements are available via \"primedocs Design\" → \"Link Content\" in the category \"Interfaces\".","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","attrs":{"language":"xml"},"content":[{"text":"\n \n [CompanyName placeholder]\n [CompanyDivision placeholder]\n \n","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The corresponding definition in the connect file looks like this:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","attrs":{"language":"xml"},"content":[{"text":"\n\n \n \n \n 1031\n 2e221a62-c9ec-4f4d-89d5-b0919c249867\n \n \n \n \n Example company\n HR\n \n \n \n \n \n","type":"text"}]},{"type":"rule"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"text":"XPath","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"It is also possible to work with ","type":"text"},{"text":"XPaths","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xpath_syntax.asp"}}]},{"text":" to use the interface definition. With the help of XPaths it is possible to navigate within an XML document.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"If the following Connect XML is given:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","attrs":{"language":"xml"},"content":[{"text":"\n\n \n \n \n 1031\n 2e221a62-c9ec-4f4d-89d5-b0919c249867\n \n \n \n \n \n Example company\n HR\n \n \n \n \n \n \n","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"...then it can be evaluated with the following interface definition:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","attrs":{"language":"xml"},"content":[{"text":"\n \n [CompanyName placeholder]\n [CompanyDivision placeholder]\n \n","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The Connect interface supports lists in addition to nested elements. Collections are used for this purpose.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"rule"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"text":"NodeCollections","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Connect is also able to work with lists, the so-called ","type":"text"},{"text":"NodeCollections","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":". ","type":"text"},{"text":"To use ","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":"NodeCollections","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" it is mandatory to work with XPaths. For the processing of NodeCollections in the document an Extended Binding is ","type":"text"},{"text":"absolutely necessary","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"text":".","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"We extend the above example with a list of employees:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","attrs":{"language":"xml"},"content":[{"text":"\n\n \n \n \n 1031\n 2e221a62-c9ec-4f4d-89d5-b0919c249867\n \n \n \n \n \n Example company\n HR\n \n \n Doe\n John\n 198936\n \n \n Purser\n Page\n 947283\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The ","type":"text"},{"text":"NodeCollection","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" can be represented in the InterfaceDescription as follows:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","attrs":{"language":"xml"},"content":[{"text":"\n \n [CompanyName placeholder]\n [CompanyDivision placeholder]\n \n \n \n \n \n \n","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"paragraph"}],"version":1}

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