Spry 1.1 adds DataSet explorer tool
Adobe released a new prerelease of the Spry Ajax framework today. One of the things included in this release is a DataSet Explorer. Spry uses the xpath to flatten XML into JSON array structures that are used by the framework to display the data in a HTML format, such as tables.
This Explorer tool makes it easier to introspect the XML, and how nodes are named by the framework. It is like having a CFDUMP tag for Ajax.
The DataSetExplorer file is in the "samples/DataSetExplorer.html" path in the zip file.
Here is an example of a XML file I passed into the tool;
<wddxPacket version='1.0'>
<header/>
<data>
<struct type='coldfusion.runtime.TemplateProxy'>
<var name='EPISODE'>
<string>Obsession</string>
</var>
<var name='QUOTE'>
<string>...hesitation ... is an hereditary trait of your species, and suddenly faced by the unknown, or imminent danger, a human will invariably experience a split second of indecision. He hesitates.</string>
</var>
<var name='STARDATE'>
<string>3620.7.</string>
</var>
</struct>
</data>
</wddxPacket>
<header/>
<data>
<struct type='coldfusion.runtime.TemplateProxy'>
<var name='EPISODE'>
<string>Obsession</string>
</var>
<var name='QUOTE'>
<string>...hesitation ... is an hereditary trait of your species, and suddenly faced by the unknown, or imminent danger, a human will invariably experience a split second of indecision. He hesitates.</string>
</var>
<var name='STARDATE'>
<string>3620.7.</string>
</var>
</struct>
</data>
</wddxPacket>
It will show the structure of the XML in a format like this;
wddxPacket
@version
header
data
struct
@type
var (REPEATING NODE)
@name
string
@version
header
data
struct
@type
var (REPEATING NODE)
@name
string
You can click on any of the nodes and it will show you the data in that structure.
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