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Xpath in datafield (2)

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Basically to create a flexible app, I need to store a Xpath constraint in a table, get it from the table (Retrieve) and use it in a Microflow. Is that possible?

asked 2014-06-11

Gerard Veurink

2 answers

Stephan Numan · Answer 1 · 2014-06-11

This should be possible but requires java code. Be aware that a solution like that is very tricky! What kind of flexibility do you want to achieve?

Jeffrey Kwee · Answer 2 · 2015-10-09

You can build a custom Java action which takes the XPath stored in a String as an input and outputs entities. You can also build the XPath as a string in the Java class, then execute the XPath query in the Java action.

Example Java code below contains string 'xPath' and executes it, then returns the results back to your Mendix application:

return Core.retrieveXPathQuery(getContext(), xPath);