GlideXMLUtil - Scoped, Global

The GlideXMLUtil API provides methods to remove invalid characters from an XML string and to validate an XML string.

Access these methods using the static object GlideXMLUtil. This class is available in scoped and global scripts.

GlideXMLUtil - removeInvalidChars(String xmlString)

Removes invalid characters from an XML string.

Table 1. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
xmlString	String	The string to be processed.

Table 2. Returns

Type	Description
String	A string with invalid characters removed.

var test = "test\btab";
var removedTest = GlideXMLUtil.removeInvalidChars(test);

gs.info(removedTest);

Output: testtab

GlideXMLUtil - validateXML(String xmlString, Boolean nsAware, Boolean forgiveUnclosed)

Determines if the specified string is valid XML.

Table 3. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
xmlString	String	The string to be validated.
nsAware	Boolean	When true, the validation is aware of name spaces. When false, the validation ignores name spaces.
forgiveUnclosed	Boolean	When true, the validation does not check for <xml> tags enclosing the string.

Table 4. Returns

Type	Description
String	Returns null if the string is valid. Returns an error string describing the error if the specified string is not valid.

var s = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><unload unload_date=\"2017-11-27 21:56:14\"><incident action=\"INSERT_OR_UPDATE\"><active>true</active></incident></unload>";
var xml = GlideXMLUtil.validateXML(s,false, false);
gs.info(xml);

Output: null