Groovy: How to check multiple tag value in xml?

Question

I have xml content like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><service>
  <rs>
    <Id>
      <details>
        <start>2017-10-07</start>
        <startDate>2017-02-02</startDate>
        <endDate>2017-03-02</endDate>
        <runAs>false</runAs>
        <makeVersion>1</makeVersion>
        <patch>this is  patch</patch>
        <parameter>1</parameter>
      </details>
    </Id>
    <person>
      <details>
        <start>2017-09-07</start>
        <startDate>2017-02-02</startDate>
        <endDate>2017-03-02</endDate>
        <runAs>true</runAs>
        <makeVersion>1</makeVersion>
        <patch>this is  patch</patch>
        <parameter>1</parameter>
      </details>
    </person>
  </rs>
  <country>
  <details>
        <start>2017-09-07</start>
        <startDate>2017-02-02</startDate>
        <endDate>2017-03-02</endDate>
        <runAs>true</runAs>
        <makeVersion>1</makeVersion>
        <patch>this is  patch</patch>
        <parameter>1</parameter>
      </details>
  </country>
</service>

and i want to check each start tag value and then update value of runAs i have tried this :

  def xml = new XmlParser().parseText(content)
            def start=xml.'**'.details.start[0].text();
            def  run=xml.'**'.details.start[0].text();
            if(start!=currentDate &&  run!='false'){

                xml.'**'.details.runAs[0].value="false";
            }
           else {
                xml.'**'.details.find({p->

                    p.start[0].value= subtractDays(p.start[0].text(),p.parameter[0].text()).toString()
                    p.runAs[0].value='false';
                })


            }
            def newxml=XmlUtil.serialize(xml)

But it has updated only rs->Id->details->runAs value, what should I change to update every runAs tag value and in certain case update every start tag values too?

When do you want to change `start` element value? Looks `runAs` to be false always, right? — Rao, Oct 24 '17 at 13:22
I want to update start when it it is equal to current day, no runAs isn't always false — Sagitarius, Oct 24 '17 at 13:56
What do you want to update with for start when it is not equal? Basically you got the idea, right? — Rao, Oct 24 '17 at 13:57
i want to subtract day and update this value as as start and also set relative runAs value to true — Sagitarius, Oct 25 '17 at 08:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '17 at 13:32

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You can just change the runAs element value to false using below code:

//Pass xml as string to parseText method
def xml = new XmlSlurper().parseText(xmlString)
//Find runAs element and change value to false
xml.'**'.findAll{it.name() == 'runAs'}.collect{it.replaceBody false}
println groovy.xml.XmlUtil.serialize(xml)

You can quickly try it online demo

In the same way, you can change the value of start element value as well by providing the condition in side findAll closure.

answered Oct 24 '17 at 13:32

Rao

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Can i use the same logic for expression like this p.start[0].value= subtractDays(p.start[0].text(),p.parameter[0].text()).toString() – Sagitarius Oct 24 '17 at 13:58
I mean Can i check if it is nesseccary to change start and then change it – Sagitarius Oct 24 '17 at 13:59

Groovy: How to check multiple tag value in xml?

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