Hi team,

I am posting this question here since it is related to my previous one. Now
I am trying to figure out how to group segments in pairs (or more) of
elements, in the XML output from parsing EDI.

Now, let's say that within the <Order> element (from my previous example),
there can be multiple <order-info> elements, so having just one
<order-info> wrapper doesn't work.

In turn, each <order-info> must group segments HDR and CUS in pairs. Also,
some CUS segments are optional: there can be one or none in each pair.

Example EDI file:

HDR+1+0+59.97+64.92+4.95+Wed Nov 15 13?:45?:28 EST 2006'
HDR+1+0+59.97+64.92+4.95+Wed Nov 15 13?:45?:28 EST 2006'
HDR+1+0+59.97+64.92+4.95+Wed Nov 15 13?:45?:28 EST 2006'
CUS+user1+Harry:Fletcher+SD'
ORD+1+1+364+The 40-Year-Old Virgin+29.98'
ORD+2+1+299+Pulp Fiction+29.99'

Example output (simplified):

<order-info>
    <header/>
</order-info>
<order-info>
    <header/>
</order-info>
<order-info>
    <header/>
    <customer-details/>
</order-info>

Is it possible to do such grouping with DFDL? If it is, could you please
provide some example or guidance on this? I have tried some things but I
haven't managed to make it work properly yet.

We are migrating some legacy code-based transformation to DFDL, and its
output xml contains such wrappings and groupings, and I am trying to do it
without help from xslt at the moment.


Cheers



PS: This is the previous schema for our simplified Order example.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; xmlns:dfdl="
http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/"; xmlns:ibmEdiFmt="
http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format";>
<xsd:import namespace="http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format";
schemaLocation="IBM_EDI_Format.xsd"/>
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:appinfo source="http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/";>
<dfdl:format ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDIFormat"/>
</xsd:appinfo>
</xsd:annotation>
<xsd:complexType name="OrderInfo">
<xsd:sequence dfdl:initiatedContent="yes">
<xsd:element dfdl:initiator="HDR" dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentFormat"
name="header" type="HDR"/>
<xsd:element dfdl:initiator="CUS" dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentFormat"
name="customer-details" type="CUS"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:element name="Order">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="order-info" type="OrderInfo"/>
<xsd:sequence dfdl:initiatedContent="yes">
<xsd:element dfdl:initiator="ORD" dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentFormat"
name="order-item" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="ORD"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
<xsd:complexType name="HDR">
<xsd:sequence dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentSequenceFormat">
<xsd:element name="order-id" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="status-code" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="net-amount" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="total-amount" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="tax" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="date" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="CUS">
<xsd:sequence dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentSequenceFormat">
<xsd:element name="username" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="name">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDICompositeSequenceFormat">
<xsd:element name="firstname" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="lastname" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="state" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="ORD">
<xsd:sequence dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentSequenceFormat">
<xsd:element name="position" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="quantity" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="product-id" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="title" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="price" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:schema>



On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 7:23 PM Nestor Fernandez <
nestor.fernan...@chakray.co.uk> wrote:

> You are right, I just missed that attribute. I will try to follow this
> approach to build the XML, thanks a lot!
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 5:41 PM Steve Lawrence <slawre...@apache.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Looks like when moving things around you accidentally removed the
>>
>>    dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentFormat"
>>
>> from the "order-item" element. That defines the terminator for a
>> segment, so without that Daffodil didn't know when the segment ended and
>> parsing broke. Adding that back gets things working for me with the
>> desired nesting.
>>
>> - Steve
>>
>> On 12/1/21 11:26 AM, Nestor Fernandez wrote:
>> > This is the updated schema I tried
>> >
>> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
>> > <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema
>> > <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema>"
>> > xmlns:dfdl="http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/
>> > <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/>"
>> > xmlns:ibmEdiFmt="http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format
>> > <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format>">
>> >       <xsd:import namespace="http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format
>> > <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format>"
>> schemaLocation="IBM_EDI_Format.xsd"/>
>> >       <xsd:annotation>
>> >           <xsd:appinfo source="http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/ <
>> http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/>">
>> >               <dfdl:format ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDIFormat"/>
>> >           </xsd:appinfo>
>> >       </xsd:annotation>
>> >       <xsd:complexType name="OrderInfo">
>> >           <xsd:sequence dfdl:initiatedContent="yes">
>> >               <xsd:element dfdl:initiator="HDR"
>> > dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentFormat" name="header" type="HDR"/>
>> >               <xsd:element dfdl:initiator="CUS"
>> > dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentFormat" name="customer-details"
>> type="CUS"/>
>> >           </xsd:sequence>
>> >       </xsd:complexType>
>> >       <xsd:element name="Order">
>> >           <xsd:complexType>
>> >               <xsd:sequence>
>> >                   <xsd:element name="order-info" type="OrderInfo"/>
>> >                   <xsd:sequence dfdl:initiatedContent="yes">
>> >                       <xsd:element dfdl:initiator="ORD"
>> name="order-item"
>> > maxOccurs="unbounded" type="ORD"/>
>> >                   </xsd:sequence>
>> >               </xsd:sequence>
>> >           </xsd:complexType>
>> >       </xsd:element>
>> >       <xsd:complexType name="HDR">
>> >           <xsd:sequence dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentSequenceFormat">
>> >               <xsd:element name="order-id" type="xsd:string"/>
>> >               <xsd:element name="status-code" type="xsd:string"/>
>> >               <xsd:element name="net-amount" type="xsd:string"/>
>> >               <xsd:element name="total-amount" type="xsd:string"/>
>> >               <xsd:element name="tax" type="xsd:string"/>
>> >               <xsd:element name="date" type="xsd:string"/>
>> >           </xsd:sequence>
>> >       </xsd:complexType>
>> >       <xsd:complexType name="CUS">
>> >           <xsd:sequence dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentSequenceFormat">
>> >               <xsd:element name="username" type="xsd:string"/>
>> >               <xsd:element name="name">
>> >                   <xsd:complexType>
>> >                       <xsd:sequence
>> dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDICompositeSequenceFormat">
>> >                           <xsd:element name="firstname"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >                           <xsd:element name="lastname"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >                       </xsd:sequence>
>> >                   </xsd:complexType>
>> >               </xsd:element>
>> >               <xsd:element name="state" type="xsd:string"/>
>> >           </xsd:sequence>
>> >       </xsd:complexType>
>> >       <xsd:complexType name="ORD">
>> >           <xsd:sequence dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentSequenceFormat">
>> >               <xsd:element name="position" type="xsd:string"/>
>> >               <xsd:element name="quantity" type="xsd:string"/>
>> >               <xsd:element name="product-id" type="xsd:string"/>
>> >               <xsd:element name="title" type="xsd:string"/>
>> >               <xsd:element name="price" type="xsd:string"/>
>> >           </xsd:sequence>
>> >       </xsd:complexType>
>> > </xsd:schema>
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 5:18 PM Steve Lawrence <slawre...@apache.org
>> > <mailto:slawre...@apache.org>> wrote:
>> >
>> >      Can you send your updated schema?
>> >
>> >      On 12/1/21 10:58 AM, Nestor Fernandez wrote:
>> >       > Thank you Steve.
>> >       >
>> >       > I believe I have already tried something like that.
>> >       >
>> >       > Unless I am missing something from your response, this is what
>> I get now,
>> >      which
>> >       > includes the wrapper element but it is wrong (order-items are
>> not parsed
>> >      properly).
>> >       >
>> >       > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>> >       > <Order>
>> >       >     <order-info>
>> >       >       <header>
>> >       >         <order-id>1</order-id>
>> >       >         <status-code>0</status-code>
>> >       >         <net-amount>59.97</net-amount>
>> >       >         <total-amount>64.92</total-amount>
>> >       >         <tax>4.95</tax>
>> >       >         <date>Wed Nov 15 13:45:28 EST 2006</date>
>> >       >       </header>
>> >       >       <customer-details>
>> >       >         <username>user1</username>
>> >       >         <name>
>> >       >           <firstname>Harry</firstname>
>> >       >           <lastname>Fletcher</lastname>
>> >       >         </name>
>> >       >         <state>SD</state>
>> >       >       </customer-details>
>> >       >     </order-info>
>> >       >     <order-item>
>> >       >       <position>1</position>
>> >       >       <quantity>1</quantity>
>> >       >       <product-id>364</product-id>
>> >       >       <title>The 40-Year-Old Virgin</title>
>> >       >       <price>29.98'ORD</price>
>> >       >     </order-item>
>> >       > </Order>
>> >       > [warning] Left over data. Consumed 1024 bit(s) with at least
>> 232 bit(s)
>> >      remaining.
>> >       > Left over data (Hex) starting at byte 129 is:
>> (0x2b322b312b323939...)
>> >       > Left over data (UTF-8) starting at byte 129 is: (+2+1+299...)
>> >       >
>> >       > The output format is right, but the EDI parsing is not.
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       > On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 4:19 PM Steve Lawrence <
>> slawre...@apache.org
>> >      <mailto:slawre...@apache.org>
>> >       > <mailto:slawre...@apache.org <mailto:slawre...@apache.org>>>
>> wrote:
>> >       >
>> >       >      You should be able to add a new complex type and move
>> existing elements
>> >       >      to be children of that new type, and then reference that
>> type where your
>> >       >      children were referenced.
>> >       >
>> >       >      For example, in your schema you could create a new
>> OrderInfo complex
>> >       >      type and move your "header" and "customer-details"
>> elements to children
>> >       >      of that:
>> >       >
>> >       >            <xsd:complexType name="OrderInfo">
>> >       >                <xsd:sequence dfdl:initiatedContent="yes">
>> >       >                   <xsd:element dfdl:initiator="HDR"
>> >       >      dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentFormat" name="header"
>> type="HDR"/>
>> >       >                   <xsd:element dfdl:initiator="CUS"
>> >       >      dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentFormat"
>> name="customer-details"
>> >      type="CUS"/>
>> >       >                </xsd:sequence>
>> >       >            </xsd:complexType>
>> >       >
>> >       >      Note that we also copy over the dfdl:initiatedContent
>> property from the
>> >       >      previous containing sequence.
>> >       >
>> >       >      We now need to modify the Order element to reference this
>> new complex
>> >       >      type. You might think we can simply replace the header and
>> customer
>> >       >      details elements with our new type, like so:
>> >       >
>> >       >            <xsd:element name="Order">
>> >       >                <xsd:complexType>
>> >       >                    <xsd:sequence dfdl:initiatedContent="yes">
>> >       >                        <xsd:element name="order-info"
>> type="OrderInfo" />
>> >       >                        <xsd:element dfdl:initiator="ORD"
>> name="order-item"
>> >       >      maxOccurs="unbounded" type="ORD"/>
>> >       >                    </xsd:sequence>
>> >       >                </xsd:complexType>
>> >       >            </xsd:element>
>> >       >
>> >       >      But this doesn't actually work because the order-info
>> element doesn't
>> >       >      have an initiator (and it shouldn't, it's just a wrapper
>> that doesn't
>> >       >      consume any data itself). So it can't be inside the
>> sequence with
>> >       >      dfdl:initiatedContent="yes". To deal with this, we just
>> need to move it
>> >       >      outside the initiated content sequence into a new sequence
>> that doesn't
>> >       >      have initiated content. So we end up with nested
>> sequences, something
>> >       >      like this:
>> >       >
>> >       >            <xsd:element name="Order">
>> >       >                <xsd:complexType>
>> >       >                    <xsd:sequence>
>> >       >                        <xsd:element name="order-info"
>> type="OrderInfo" />
>> >       >                        <xsd:sequence
>> dfdl:initiatedContent="yes">
>> >       >                            <xsd:element dfdl:initiator="ORD"
>> >      name="order-item"
>> >       >      maxOccurs="unbounded" type="ORD"/>
>> >       >                        </xsd:sequence>
>> >       >                    </xsd:sequence>
>> >       >                </xsd:complexType>
>> >       >            </xsd:element>
>> >       >
>> >       >      With those two changes, this should add a new order-info
>> wrapper element
>> >       >      around the header and customer-details elements like in
>> your desired
>> >      XML.
>> >       >
>> >       >      And this same pattern should work for most cases where you
>> want a new
>> >       >      wrapper element. Create a new complex type, move elements
>> into that
>> >       >      type, and reference that new type where your elements used
>> to be. This
>> >       >      gets a bit more complicated if the sequence containing the
>> elements had
>> >       >      properties that shouldn't apply to the new complex type,
>> but in that
>> >       >      case you can probably just move the new complex reference
>> outside that
>> >       >      sequence.
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >      On 12/1/21 9:36 AM, Nestor Fernandez wrote:
>> >       >       > Hi team,
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > We have a requirement that some of the resulting XML
>> elements after
>> >       >      parsing an
>> >       >       > EDIFACT file should be nested or wrapped by some
>> grouping element.
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > Given an edi file with a flat structure like this:
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > segment1
>> >       >       > segment2
>> >       >       > segment3
>> >       >       > segment4
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > our final goal would be to get an xml file with a more
>> complex
>> >      structure
>> >       >      such as
>> >       >       > this:
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > <xml>
>> >       >       >       <segment1/>
>> >       >       >       <segment-wrapper>
>> >       >       >           <segment-wrapper>
>> >       >       >               <segment2/>
>> >       >       >               <segment3/>
>> >       >       >           </segment-wrapper>
>> >       >       >           <segment4/>
>> >       >       >       </segment-wrapper>
>> >       >       > </xml>
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > I know we could just use XSLT, but is it even possible
>> just with
>> >      Daffodil
>> >       >       > libraries? I am new to DFDL, and thought this would be
>> very
>> >      simple, but all
>> >       >       > things I tried have failed (either XSD is not valid, or
>> I get
>> >      daffodil
>> >       >      runtime
>> >       >       > errors). I am using apache-daffodil-3.1.0 command line
>> interface.
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > I put together a more practical example:
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > INPUT EDI file:
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > HDR+1+0+59.97+64.92+4.95+Wed Nov 15 13?:45?:28 EST
>> >       >       > 2006'CUS+user1+Harry:Fletcher+SD'ORD+1+1+364+The
>> 40-Year-Old
>> >       >       > Virgin+29.98'ORD+2+1+299+Pulp Fiction+29.99'
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > DFDL XSD Schema file:
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
>> >       >       > <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema
>> >      <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema>
>> >       >      <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema <
>> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema>>
>> >       >       > <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema
>> >      <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema> <
>> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema
>> >      <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema>>>"
>> >       >       > xmlns:dfdl="http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/
>> >      <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/>
>> >       >      <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/ <
>> http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/>>
>> >       >       > <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/
>> >      <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/> <
>> http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/
>> >      <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/>>>"
>> >       >       > xmlns:ibmEdiFmt="http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format
>> >      <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format>
>> >       >      <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format
>> >      <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format>>
>> >       >       > <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format
>> >      <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format> <
>> http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format
>> >      <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format>>>">
>> >       >       >       <xsd:import namespace="
>> http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format
>> >      <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format>
>> >       >      <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format
>> >      <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format>>
>> >       >       > <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format
>> >      <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format>
>> >       >      <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format
>> >      <http://www.ibm.com/dfdl/EDI/Format>>>"
>> schemaLocation="IBM_EDI_Format.xsd"/>
>> >       >       >       <xsd:annotation>
>> >       >       >           <xsd:appinfo source="http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/
>> >      <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/>
>> >       >      <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/ <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/>>
>> >      <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/ <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/>
>> >       >      <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/ <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/>>>">
>> >       >       >               <dfdl:format ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDIFormat"/>
>> >       >       >           </xsd:appinfo>
>> >       >       >       </xsd:annotation>
>> >       >       >       <xsd:element name="Order">
>> >       >       >           <xsd:complexType>
>> >       >       >               <xsd:sequence dfdl:initiatedContent="yes">
>> >       >       >                   <xsd:element dfdl:initiator="HDR"
>> >       >       > dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentFormat" name="header"
>> type="HDR"/>
>> >       >       >                   <xsd:element dfdl:initiator="CUS"
>> >       >       > dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentFormat"
>> name="customer-details"
>> >      type="CUS"/>
>> >       >       >                   <xsd:element dfdl:initiator="ORD"
>> >       >       > dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentFormat" name="order-item"
>> >      maxOccurs="unbounded"
>> >       >       > type="ORD"/>
>> >       >       >               </xsd:sequence>
>> >       >       >           </xsd:complexType>
>> >       >       >       </xsd:element>
>> >       >       >       <xsd:complexType name="HDR">
>> >       >       >           <xsd:sequence
>> >      dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentSequenceFormat">
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="order-id"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="status-code"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="net-amount"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="total-amount"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="tax"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="date"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >           </xsd:sequence>
>> >       >       >       </xsd:complexType>
>> >       >       >       <xsd:complexType name="CUS">
>> >       >       >           <xsd:sequence
>> >      dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentSequenceFormat">
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="username"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="name">
>> >       >       >                   <xsd:complexType>
>> >       >       >                       <xsd:sequence
>> >       >      dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDICompositeSequenceFormat">
>> >       >       >                           <xsd:element name="firstname"
>> >      type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >                           <xsd:element name="lastname"
>> >      type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >                       </xsd:sequence>
>> >       >       >                   </xsd:complexType>
>> >       >       >               </xsd:element>
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="state"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >           </xsd:sequence>
>> >       >       >       </xsd:complexType>
>> >       >       >       <xsd:complexType name="ORD">
>> >       >       >           <xsd:sequence
>> >      dfdl:ref="ibmEdiFmt:EDISegmentSequenceFormat">
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="position"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="quantity"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="product-id"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="title"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >               <xsd:element name="price"
>> type="xsd:string"/>
>> >       >       >           </xsd:sequence>
>> >       >       >       </xsd:complexType>
>> >       >       > </xsd:schema>
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > OUTPUT:
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > <Order>
>> >       >       >       <header>
>> >       >       >           <order-id>1</order-id>
>> >       >       >           <status-code>0</status-code>
>> >       >       >           <net-amount>59.97</net-amount>
>> >       >       >           <total-amount>64.92</total-amount>
>> >       >       >           <tax>4.95</tax>
>> >       >       >           <date>Wed Nov 15 13:45:28 EST 2006</date>
>> >       >       >       </header>
>> >       >       >       <customer-details>
>> >       >       >           <username>user1</username>
>> >       >       >           <name>
>> >       >       >               <firstname>Harry</firstname>
>> >       >       >               <lastname>Fletcher</lastname>
>> >       >       >           </name>
>> >       >       >           <state>SD</state>
>> >       >       >       </customer-details>
>> >       >       >       <order-item>
>> >       >       >           <position>1</position>
>> >       >       >           <quantity>1</quantity>
>> >       >       >           <product-id>364</product-id>
>> >       >       >           <title>The 40-Year-Old Virgin</title>
>> >       >       >           <price>29.98</price>
>> >       >       >       </order-item>
>> >       >       >       <order-item>
>> >       >       >           <position>2</position>
>> >       >       >           <quantity>1</quantity>
>> >       >       >           <product-id>299</product-id>
>> >       >       >           <title>Pulp Fiction</title>
>> >       >       >           <price>29.99</price>
>> >       >       >       </order-item>
>> >       >       > </Order>
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > Let's say we want to nest XML elements (originally EDI
>> segments),
>> >      header and
>> >       >       > custom-details, and get something similar to this:
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > EXAMPLE OF DESIRED OUTPUT:
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > <Order>
>> >       >       >       <order-info>
>> >       >       >           <header>
>> >       >       >               <order-id>1</order-id>
>> >       >       >               <status-code>0</status-code>
>> >       >       >               <net-amount>59.97</net-amount>
>> >       >       >               <total-amount>64.92</total-amount>
>> >       >       >               <tax>4.95</tax>
>> >       >       >               <date>Wed Nov 15 13:45:28 EST 2006</date>
>> >       >       >           </header>
>> >       >       >           <customer-details>
>> >       >       >               <username>user1</username>
>> >       >       >               <name>
>> >       >       >                   <firstname>Harry</firstname>
>> >       >       >                   <lastname>Fletcher</lastname>
>> >       >       >               </name>
>> >       >       >               <state>SD</state>
>> >       >       >           </customer-details>
>> >       >       >       </order-info>
>> >       >       >       <order-item>
>> >       >       >           <position>1</position>
>> >       >       >           <quantity>1</quantity>
>> >       >       >           <product-id>364</product-id>
>> >       >       >           <title>The 40-Year-Old Virgin</title>
>> >       >       >           <price>29.98</price>
>> >       >       >       </order-item>
>> >       >       >       <order-item>
>> >       >       >           <position>2</position>
>> >       >       >           <quantity>1</quantity>
>> >       >       >           <product-id>299</product-id>
>> >       >       >           <title>Pulp Fiction</title>
>> >       >       >           <price>29.99</price>
>> >       >       >       </order-item>
>> >       >       > </Order>
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > Any ideas would be appreciated.
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > Thanks and regards
>> >       >       >
>> >       >
>> >
>>
>>

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