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· Dec 5, 2023

use %XML.Reader to parse XML to object

hi there,when object export to xml,i know that,it will call propertynameLogicalToXSD method,but i can`t find out that use %XML.Reader to parse XML to object  witch method will be called before ,

simple code like this:

Class Samples.NewClass2 Extends (%Persistent,, %XML.Adaptor)
{
Property OPDT As %Library.DateTime;
}

my xml is 

<NewClass2><OPDT>2023-11-30 11:07:02</OPDT></NewClass2>

and how parse it to object ,and not modify the xml?

Product version: Ensemble 2016.1
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I would create my "custom" datatype extending %Library.DateTime:

Class Community.dt.CustomDateTime Extends %Library.DateTime
{

ClassMethod LogicalToXSD(%val As %TimeStamp) As %String [ ServerOnly = 1 ]
{
    Set %val=##class(%Library.TimeStamp).LogicalToXSD(%val)
    Quit $translate(%val,"TZ"," ")
}

ClassMethod XSDToLogical(%val As %String) As %TimeStamp [ ServerOnly = 1 ]
{
    Set $e(%val,11)="T"
    Quit ##class(%Library.TimeStamp).XSDToLogical(%val)
}

}

Then in your class define your property as:

Property OPDT As Community.dt.CustomDateTime;

Are you sure you really need %Library.DateTime and not %Library.TimeStamp?
The difference is the JDBC/ODBC format. From the documetation:

%DateTime is the same as %TimeStamp (is a sub-class or %TimeStamp) with extra logic in the DisplayToLogical and OdbcToLogical methods to handle imprecise datetime input T-SQL applications are accustomed to.

If you prefer using %Library.TimeStamp, then change the superclass in my sample code.

After that:

USER>Set reader = ##class(%XML.Reader).%New()
 
USER>Set sc=reader.OpenString("<NewClass2><OPDT>2023-11-30 11:07:02</OPDT></NewClass2>")
 
USER>Do reader.CorrelateRoot("Samples.NewClass2")
 
USER>Do reader.Next(.ReturnObject,.sc)
 
USER>Do ReturnObject.XMLExport(,",indent")
<NewClass2>
  <OPDT>2023-11-30 11:07:02</OPDT>
</NewClass2>
 
USER>Write ReturnObject.OPDT
2023-11-30 11:07:02
USER>

Enrico