IMetabaseObject.GetXml

Fore Syntax

GetXml: Variant;

Fore.NET Syntax

GetXml: Object;

Description

The GetXml method returns the internal representation of the repository object as the XML.

Comments

This method returns that representation of objects in which they are stored in the system tables of the repository.

Fore Example

Executing the example requires that the repository contains an object with the Obj1 identifier.

Sub UserProc;
Var
    MB: IMetabase;
    MObj: IMetabaseObject;
    xml: IXmlDomDocument;
Begin
    MB := MetabaseClass.Active;
    MObj := MB.ItemById("Obj1").Bind;
    xml := MObj.GetXml As IXmlDomDocument;
    Debug.WriteLine(xml.xml);
End Sub UserProc;

After executing the example the XML representation of the object will be output to the development environment console.

Fore.NET Example

Executing the example requires that the repository contains an object with the Obj1 identifier. This example is an entry point for a .NET assembly.

Public Shared Sub Main(Params: StartParams);
Var
    MB: IMetabase;
    MObj: IMetabaseObject;
    xml: IXmlDomDocument;
Begin
    MB := Params.Metabase;
    MObj := MB.ItemById["Obj1"].Bind();
    xml := MObj.GetXml() As IXmlDomDocument;
    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(xml.xml);
End Sub;

After executing the example the XML representation of the object will be output to the development environment console.