rdotjson

Android String Resource XML strings.xml Parser

SYNOPSIS

import {promises as fs} from "fs";
import rdotjson from "rdotjson";

const xml = await fs.readFile("strings.xml");
const R = await rdotjson(xml);
console.log(R.string.app_name); // => "MyApp"

Callback Style

const fs = require("fs");
const rdotjson = require("rdotjson");

const xml = fs.readFileSync("strings.xml");

rdotjson(xml, (err, R) => {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log(R.string.app_name); // => "MyApp"
});

XML Input

<resources>
    <string name="app_name">MyApp</string>
    <string name="action_settings">Settings</string>
</resources>

JSON Output

{
  "string": {
    "app_name": "MyApp",
    "action_settings": "Settings"
  }
}

SUPPORTED TYPES

• R.array - Array: <string-array name="key"><item>string</item></string-array>
• R.bool - Boolean: <bool name="key">true</bool>
• R.color - String: <color name="key">#3F51B5</color>
• R.dimen - String: <dimen name="key">16dp</dimen>
• R.integer - Number: <integer name="key">75</integer>
• R.string - String: <string name="key">string</string>

JAVASCRIPT API

rdotjson(xml, options, callback);

• xml {String|Buffer|Stream} - required.
• options {Object} - optional.
• callback {Function} - function(err, R) {...}

Option Parameters

• {attr: true} - add attr property which includes XML attributes.
• {comment: 'post'} - include postpositive XML comments located after elements.
• {comment: 'pre'} - include prepositive XML comments located before elements.
• {comment: 'right'} - include right-side XML comment within the same line.
• {exclude: '*_android'} - specify key names to exclude. Wildcard available.
• {objectMode: true} - use plain object container: {value: value} instead of primitives.
• {xml: true} - preserve raw XML strings, instead of plain text parsed.

Object Mode

const R = await rdotjson(xml, {objectMode: true});
console.log(R.string.app_name.value); // => "MyApp"
console.log(JSON.stringify(R, null, 2));

{
  "string": {
    "app_name": {
      "value": "MyApp"
    },
    "action_settings": {
      "value": "Settings"
    }
  }
}

FORMATTERS

Bundled formatters json and csv available.

JSON Formatter

const R = await rdotjson(xml);
const format = rdotjson.format("json");
const json = format(R, {space: 0});
console.log(json);
// => {"string":{"app_name":"MyApp","action_settings":"Settings"}}

CSV Formatter

const R = await rdotjson(xml);
const format = rdotjson.format("csv");
const csv = format(R);
console.log(csv);
// => string,action_settings,Settings
//    string,app_name,MyApp

CLI

rdotjson app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml > strings.json

rdotjson app/src/main/res/values/*.xml > r.json

rdotjson app/src/production/res/values/*.xml > r_production.json

rdotjson app/src/develop/res/values/*.xml > r_develop.json

rdotjson app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml --format=csv > strings.csv

CLI Options

• --comment=post - include postpositive XML comments located after elements
• --comment=pre - include prepositive XML comments located before elements
• --comment=right - include right-side XML comment within the same line
• --exclude='*_android' - specify key names to exclude. Wildcard available.
• --format=json - specify output format. default: json
• --objectMode - use a plain object container {value: value} instead of primitives
• --output=R.json - output filename. default: STDOUT
• --space=2 - JSON indent. default: 2
• --version - show rdotjson version.
• --xml - preserve raw XML strings, instead of plain text parsed
• - - input XML from STDIN

CLI Formatters

• --format=csv --output=R.csv - CSV
• --format=json --output=R.json - JSON
• --format=rdotswift --output=R.swift - Swift (rdotswift module required)

SEE ALSO

• https://github.com/kawanet/rdotjson
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/rdotswift
• https://qiita.com/kawanet/items/f48ef1f2e264982912f4
• https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource

LICENSE

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016-2024 Yusuke Kawasaki

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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