This example assumes the following class is already on your CLASSPATH:
XmlExamples.groovy
class XmlExamples {
static def CAR_RECORDS = '''
<records>
<car name='HSV Maloo' make='Holden' year='2006'>
<country>Australia</country>
<record type='speed'>Production Pickup Truck with speed of 271kph</record>
</car>
<car name='P50' make='Peel' year='1962'>
<country>Isle of Man</country>
<record type='size'>Smallest Street-Legal Car at 99cm wide and 59 kg in weight</record>
</car>
<car name='Royale' make='Bugatti' year='1931'>
<country>France</country>
<record type='price'>Most Valuable Car at $15 million</record>
</car>
</records>
'''
}
Here is an example of using DOM with Groovy to read an existing XML file:
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory messages = [] def processCar(car) { if (car.nodeName != 'car') return def make = car.attributes.getNamedItem('make').nodeValue def country = car.getElementsByTagName('country').item(0).firstChild.nodeValue def type = car.childNodes.find{'record' == it.nodeName}.attributes.getNamedItem('type').nodeValue messages << make + ' of ' + country + ' has a ' + type + ' record' } def builder = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder() def inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(XmlExamples.CAR_RECORDS.bytes) def records = builder.parse(inputStream).documentElement def cars = records.childNodes (0..<cars.length).each{ processCar(cars.item(it)) } assert messages == [ 'Holden of Australia has a speed record', 'Peel of Isle of Man has a size record', 'Bugatti of France has a price record' ]
