CFXML  
Description

Creates a ColdFusion XML document object that contains the markup in the tag body. This tag can include XML and CFML tags. ColdFusion processes the CFML code in the tag body, then assigns the resulting text to an XML document object variable.

 
Category

Extensibility tags

 
Syntax
    <CFXML 
   variable="xmlVarName" 
   caseSensitive="yes" or "no">

  
 
See also

IsXmlDoc, IsXmlElement, IsXmlRoot, XmlChildPos, XmlNew, XmlParse, XmlSearch, XmlTransform

 
History

New in ColdFusion MX: This tag is new.

 
Usage

An XML document object is represented in ColdFusion as a structure.

The following example creates a document object whose root element is MyDoc. The object includes text that displays the value of the ColdFusion variable testVar. The code creates four nested child elements, which are generated by an indexed cfloop tag. The cfdump tag displays the XML document object.

 
Example
<cfset testVar = True>
<cfxml variable="MyDoc">
   <MyDoc>
      <cfif testVar IS True>
         <cfoutput>The value of testVar is True.</cfoutput>
      <cfelse>
         <cfoutput>The value of testVar is False.</cfoutput>
      </cfif>
      <cfloop index = "LoopCount" from = "1" to = "4">
         <childNode>
            This is Child node <cfoutput>#LoopCount#.</cfoutput>
         </childNode>
      </cfloop>
   </MyDoc>
</cfxml>
<cfdump var=#MyDoc#>

VARIABLE  
   
 

name of an xml variable

CASESENSITIVE  
  Optional
 
Default value: "no"
  • yes: maintains the case of document elements and attributes
  • no