Questions tagged [xml-literals]

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Programming Languages that support XML literals

What are all the programming languages that support XML literals natively or via extension? I know of VB.NET, Scala, and Factor. Any others?
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How to prevent HTML encoding for embedded expressions in XML Literals (VB.NET)?

With the following code: Dim x As System.Xml.Linq.XElement = _
<%= message.ToString() %>
Dim m = x.ToString() ...if message is HTML, then the < and > characters get converted to < and &rt;. How can I force it to skip this…
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Recursion with XML Literals in VB.NET is possible?

I have a class called Profile that has some simple properties and then it can have a collection of ProfileItem that again has some simple properties and then it can have a collection of ProfileItem (RECURSION). Now I am trying to generated a very…
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XML literals in JavaScript?

E4X (Ecma-357) is an extension to ECMAScript that adds XML literals as first-class primitives. That's awesome, but with only Mozilla and Adobe support (without V8 and IE support too), E4X is virtually dead from a web developer's perspective that…
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How can I embed XElements into XML literals in VB.NET?

In VB.NET I can easily embed strings into XML literals using <%= "my string" %>. How can I embed an XElement instance? I know I can use methods on the XElement, XNode, etc classes, but I'd like to do it in the XML literals if possible.
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Why Don't Dynamic XML Literals Inherit Default Namespace

I have an XElement that I need to create via dynamic xml literals/embedded expressions and I need it to inherit the default namespace. This doesn't appear possible though through everything I've tried. Does anyone know how to make this work? For…
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Conditional XML Literal

I've tried searching on this but can't seem to find an answer anywhere, so hopefully someone here can help. I want to insert an conditional XML tag based on whether or not a count is above one, but am not sure how to do it. For example, I have two…
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xml namespace and xml literals

I'm experimenting with xml literals in vb.net and there's something I don't get. Here's a small sample that illustrates the problem. I'm adding two PropertyGroup nodes to an empty Visual Studio project. The first one is added as xml literal, the…
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How to produce integer literal as an attribute in Scala XML output?

I expect the following code to produce XML value with the following content: Compiler gives of an error scala> import scala.xml._ import scala.xml._ scala> val x:Int = 10 x: Int = 10 scala>
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Using strings in XML Literals

I'm a C# developer who's fumbling in the first VB code he's written since VB6, so if I am asking a rather obvious question, please forgive me. I decided to experiment with XML Literals to generate some XML code for me, instead of using XMLDocument I…
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VB.NET XML Literals Parsing

If I have a text stored in db, file, resource does not matter: <%= Integer.MaxValue %> Is there a way to do this: Dim el As XElement = XElement.Parse({variable containing text above}) and to have it evaluate the expression…
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Quickly create XML in C# VS VB.net

I made a module a while back that I used to create XML in VB.net. In this time, it was only in VB.net that you could do something that easily: Dim completeXML =
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XSLT simplified stylesheet with xsl:attribute-set element

I'm trying to use the in my xsl document but I keep getting error messages: compilation error: line 47 element attribute-set element attribute-set only allowed as child of stylesheet I've also checked the W3Schools website's…
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How to split html content into partials using Binding.scala?

I want to split my html content into different partials, so can combine them easily in different pages. I tried to code like this: object App extends JSApp { @dom def title2() = {

Title 2