XML Stream form - Completing the XML tab

If Auto-generated XML is cleared, enter the XML code in the XML SOURCE field.

XML schema

Field Description

Field	Description
Schema URL	Optional. Enter the URL of an XML Schema document to use as input for building the XML tree structure on the Mapping tab. Used only when the Auto-generated XML option is checked. For SOAP services that reference this rule, the Schema URL value is added to the generated WSDL document as an external document import. This field supports the Global Resource Settings syntax (=PageName.PropertyName). The default property name for this field is `pySchemaLocation`. For more information, see Using the Global Resource Settings feature.

Schema URL

Optional. Enter the URL of an XML Schema document to use as input for building the XML tree structure on the Mapping tab. Used only when the Auto-generated XML option is checked. For SOAP services that reference this rule, the Schema URL value is added to the generated WSDL document as an external document import.

This field supports the Global Resource Settings syntax (=PageName.PropertyName). The default property name for this field is pySchemaLocation. For more information, see Using the Global Resource Settings feature.

XML generation

Field	Description
Auto-generated XML	Select in most cases so that the Pega Platform can generate the stream XML (as visible in the XML Source field) from the tree structure on the Mapping tab. Clear this field to allow you to type XML source code into the XML Source field through typing or a text editor such as NotePad or an XML editor. This text is processed by stream processing before use; you can use JSP tags.
Use SOAP 1.1 encoding	Select to encode the generated XML using the encoding rules of Section 5 of the SOAP 1.1 protocol. If checked, attributes will be added to element tags for explicitly declaring the type of the element. Used only when the Auto-generated XML option is checked.
Add type attribute to root node	Select to add an `xsi:type` attribute to the root element. This attribute is used to resolve substituted XML content at the service endpoint. For more information about substituted XML content, see the Pega Community article XSD type and element substitution and the Connector and Metadata wizard . Used only when the Auto-generated XML option is checked.
Omit extra spaces
Generate for	This field and the Convert to JSP button appear only when the rule contains directives rather than JSP tags. (The value that appears is `HTML`.) As a best practice, use JSP tags rather than directives. In most cases, you can convert XML Stream rules that use directives to use JSP tags automatically, using the button. See Converting from directives to JavaServer Page tags. Do not save the rule form when the source contains both JSP tags and directives. If this rule is circumstance-qualified or time-qualified, make this Generate for value match the Generate for value of the base rule. The base rule and the qualified rules must all use JSP tags or all use directives.
Convert to JSP	This button appears only after you save the form when the Generate for value is `HTML` and this rule is created by a Save As operation. See Converting from directives to JavaServer Page tags.

XML source

Field Description

Field	Description
XML SOURCE	This field is read-only unless Auto-generated XML is cleared. Enter XML source text. Use of JSP tags in XML stream rules offers superior performance and other advantages over directives. Although both directives and JSP tags are supported, JSP tags are recommended for new development. Conversion of existing XML stream rules that use directives to functionally equivalent rules that use JSP tags is straightforward. Recall that the default forms of the <pega:reference > JSP tag (and the reference directive) cause the system to place a space character before and after the output text value of the property. When no added spaces are desired, use the `LITERAL` keyword in the reference directive: `{ .pyLabel LITERAL }` or equivalently the `text` mode for the reference JSP tag: `<pega:reference name=".pyLabel" mode="text" />` If the output XML document is to conform to a DTD definition that uses the CDATA convention, always use the `LITERAL` keyword in the reference directive or the `literal` mode for the JSP tag. This causes the output value to contain any < and > characters in the property rather than converting these characters to the XML entities `<` and `&gt`;. Use the <% and %> delimiters to surround an inline Java scriptlet within the XML source code.

XML SOURCE

This field is read-only unless Auto-generated XML is cleared.

Enter XML source text.

Use of JSP tags in XML stream rules offers superior performance and other advantages over directives. Although both directives and JSP tags are supported, JSP tags are recommended for new development. Conversion of existing XML stream rules that use directives to functionally equivalent rules that use JSP tags is straightforward.

Recall that the default forms of the <pega:reference > JSP tag (and the reference directive) cause the system to place a space character before and after the output text value of the property. When no added spaces are desired, use the LITERAL keyword in the reference directive:

{ .pyLabel LITERAL }

or equivalently the text mode for the reference JSP tag:

<pega:reference name=".pyLabel" mode="text" />

If the output XML document is to conform to a DTD definition that uses the CDATA convention, always use the LITERAL keyword in the reference directive or the literal mode for the JSP tag. This causes the output value to contain any < and > characters in the property rather than converting these characters to the XML entities < and &gt;.

Use the <% and %> delimiters to surround an inline Java scriptlet within the XML source code.