EXCITE

Extensible XML-based Content and Information Transformation Engine

XML Transformations made groovy!

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Dependency

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.parisesoftware</groupId>
    <artifactId>excite-core</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.2</version>
</dependency>

Built-in Implementations

Interface	Implementation	Behavior
ITransformationAlgorithm	RenameChildNodeTransformation	Renames all child nodes matching a given name
ITransformationAlgorithm	DeleteChildNodeByNameTransformation	Deletes all child nodes matching a given name
IValidationAlgorithm	AcceptAllValidation	Passes all non-null nodes
IValidationAlgorithm	ChildNodeHasValueValidation	Passes nodes where a named child matches a value
IOutputCommand	OverwriteFileOutputCommand	Atomically overwrites the source file with transformed content
IOutputCommand	ConsoleOutputCommand	Prints transformed content to stdout

Usage

import com.parisesoftware.excite.core.Excite
import com.parisesoftware.excite.core.internal.transformer.RenameChildNodeTransformation
import com.parisesoftware.excite.core.internal.validation.ChildNodeHasValueValidation
import com.parisesoftware.excite.core.internal.output.OverwriteFileOutputCommand

Excite.run(
    '/path/to/xml/directory',
    new RenameChildNodeTransformation('description', 'description_html'),
    new ChildNodeHasValueValidation('content-type', '/component/article'),
    new OverwriteFileOutputCommand()
)

This will recursively scan the directory for XML files, pass each one through the validation algorithm, apply the transformation to those that pass, and write the result back using the output command.

Note on XML namespaces: Groovy's XmlSlurper strips namespace prefixes by default. Validation and transformation operate on local element names only; namespace-qualified files are supported but namespace URIs are not accessible via the standard implementations.

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Releasing to Maven Central

Performing a Release Deployment

Note: This must occur prior to the Release Deployment!

Make sure the "release-sign-artifacts" and "ossrh" Maven profiles are active.

1. mvn clean
2. mvn release:prepare -Possrh,release-sign-artifacts
3. mvn release:perform -Possrh,release-sign-artifacts

• await the release process to finish *

4. git push --tags
5. git push origin master

Updating the Release Version

1. mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=1.2.3