<read-data> read and process data

name
read-data
xml namespace
http://moyaproject.com

Read and process a data file. The path parameter may be absolute, or relative from the current application.

let's say we have a file, crew.txt in our data directory, which is a text file with a list of names, one per line. For example:

Rygel
John
Scorpies
Ka D'Argo

We can read the above file and process each line with the following:

<read-data format="text/plain" path="crew.txt" dst="crew" />
<for src="splitlines:crew" dst="characters">
    <echo>${character} is on board</echo>
</for>
attributes
name purpose type required? default choices
from Application application reference No
fs FS name text No "data"
mimetype Mime Type of file (omit to guess based on extension) text No
path Path to data file in data filesystem text No
inherited attributes
name purpose type required? default choices
dst Destination reference No
if Conditional expression expression No yes
value Value expression No None