TIEDictionary.Dump

Declaration

function Dump(dumpType: TIEDictionaryParserLang): WideString;

Description

Returns a JSON-like or XML representation of the dictionary.
Not all dictionary contents can be dumped to XML and correctly parsed back.

Examples

// Dump dictionary content as XML
var
  dict: TIEDictionary;
begin
  dict := TIEDictionary.Create();
  dict.Insert('doublekey', 10.1);
  dict.Insert('integerkey', 100);
  dict.Insert('stringkey', 'hello');
  dict.Insert('bool_true', true);
  dict.Insert('bool_false', false);
  dict.Insert('dict', TIEDictionary.Create());
    dict.GetDictionary('dict').Insert('one', 1);
    dict.GetDictionary('dict').Insert('two', 'two');
  dict.Insert('list', TObjectList.Create());
    dict.GetList('list').Add( TIEDictionaryValueWideString.Create('mike') );
    dict.GetList('list').Add( TIEDictionaryValueWideString.Create('robert') );
    dict.GetList('list').Add( TIEDictionaryValueWideString.Create('john') );
    dict.GetList('list').Add( TIEDictionaryValueInteger.Create(2013) );

  memo1.Text := dict.Dump(ieplXML);

  dict.free;
end;

// Dump structure
dict := TIEDictionary.Create();
dict.Parse('{"string" : "string content", "myinteger": 1234, "mydouble": 123.456, "a_bool_true" : true, "a_bool_false" : false, "subdict" : {"name": "john", "surname" : "mad"}, "array": [1,2,3,4,"hello", {}, {"alfa":"beta"}, [9,10]] }');
memo1.Text := dict.Dump(ieplStructure);
dict.free;

// Parse all DictionaryEntries from XML file
// Download file from: www.imageen.com/files/UnitTestFiles/XML_TEST.xml
{
SAMPLE:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Proofreader>
<Rules Language="EN">
   <DictionaryEntries>
     <Entry>absolute</Entry>
     <Entry>add</Entry>
     <Entry>ancestor</Entry>
     <Entry>anchor</Entry>
     <Entry>begin</Entry>
     ...

OUTPUT:

absolute
add
ancestor
anchor
begin
...
}
var
  ss : TStringList;
  xmlDict: TIEDictionary; // Dict to parse source XML
  navDict: TIEDictionary; // Dict to navigate XML structure
  list: TObjectList;
  i: integer;
begin
  ss := TStringList.Create;
  xmlDict := TIEDictionary.Create();
  ss.LoadFromFile('D:\XML_TEST.xml');
  xmlDict.parse( ss.Text );

  // Output all entries of Proofreader->Rules->DictionaryEntries into "memo1"
  navDict := xmlDict.GetDictionary('Proofreader', false);
  navDict := navDict.GetDictionary('#content', false);
  navDict := TIEDictionary(navDict.GetList('Rules', false)[0]);
  navDict := navDict.GetDictionary('#content', false);
  navDict := navDict.GetDictionary('DictionaryEntries', false);
  navDict := navDict.GetDictionary('#content', false);
  list := navDict.GetList('Entry', false);
  for i := 0 to list.Count - 1 do
  begin
    navDict := TIEDictionary(list[i]).GetDictionary('#content', false);
    memo1.lines.add( navDict.GetString('#text', false) );
  end;

  xmlDict.free;
  ss.Free;
end;

TIEDictionary.Dump