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<child name="B" color="green"/> | <child name="B" color="green">circle</child> | ||
<child name="C" color="blue"/> | <child name="C" color="blue">triangle</child> | ||
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Revision as of 21:12, 4 July 2021
External
Internal
Overview
The plugin is named community.general.xml and it offers functionality aimed at interacting with XML files, using XPath.
Example
<root>
<child name="A" color="red">square</child>
<child name="B" color="green">circle</child>
<child name="C" color="blue">triangle</child>
</root>
- name: XML manipulation
xml:
path: /tmp/test.xml # the file must exist
xpath: /root/child[@name='B']
Module Parameters
path
The path to the file to operate on. The file must exists, otherwise the module will fail, with a message similar to:
The target XML source '...' does not exist..
The parameter is required unless xmlstring is provided.
xpath
A valid XPath expression describing the file item(s) to manipulate. Operates on the document root, /, by default.
content
Return the content of the matching XPath expression. xpath must be set. It can have to values:
"attribute"
"text"
xmlstring
Use Cases
Query
Insertion
Update
Deletion
- name: Bump Java build heap size to {{build.jvm.heap_max}} MB
xml:
path: "{{ansible_env.PROJECT_ROOT}}/.idea/compiler.xml"
xpath: /project/component[@name='CompilerConfiguration']/option[@name='BUILD_PROCESS_HEAP_SIZE']
attribute: "value"
value: "{{build.jvm.heap_max}}"
- name: Set Eclipse as default compiler
xml:
path: "{{idea_path}}/.idea/compiler.xml"
xpath: /project/component[@name='CompilerConfiguration']/option[@name='DEFAULT_COMPILER']
attribute: "value"
value: "Eclipse"