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 JDOM with Groovy to process an existing XML file:
// require(groupId:'jdom', artifactId:'jdom', version:'1.0') import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder def reader = new StringReader(XmlExamples.CAR_RECORDS) def records = new SAXBuilder().build(reader).rootElement def messages = [] records.children.iterator().each{ car -> def make = car.getAttribute('make').value def country = car.getChildText('country') def type = car.getChild('record').getAttribute('type').value messages << make + ' of ' + country + ' has a ' + type + ' record' } 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' ]
