wolffd@0: %XML_FORMATANY  Formats a matlab variable into an XML string.
wolffd@0: %
wolffd@0: % SYNTAX
wolffd@0: %             xmlstr = xml_formatany(V)
wolffd@0: %             xmlstr = xml_formatany(V, rootname )
wolffd@0: %
wolffd@0: % INPUT
wolffd@0: %   V         Matlab variable or structure.
wolffd@0: %             The data types we can deal with are:
wolffd@0: %              char, numeric, complex, struct, sparse, cell, logical/boolean
wolffd@0: %              -> struct fields named ATTRIBUTE (user-definable) get converted into XML attribute
wolffd@0: %             Not handled are data types:
wolffd@0: %              function_handle, single, intxx, uintxx, java objects
wolffd@0: %
wolffd@0: %  rootname   optional, give root element a specific name, eg. 'books'
wolffd@0: %
wolffd@0: % OUTPUT
wolffd@0: %   xmlstr    string, containing XML description of variable V
wolffd@0: %
wolffd@0: % SPECIAL FIELDNAMES
wolffd@0: %   .ATTRIBUTE.              define additional attributes by using subfields, eg V.ATTRIBUTE.type='mydbtype'
wolffd@0: %   .CONTENT                 define content if attribute field given (all capitals)
wolffd@0: %   .ATTRIBUTE.NAMESPACE     define namespace (all capitals)
wolffd@0: %   .ATTRIBUTE.TAGNAME       define element tag name (if not an allowed Matlab fieldname in struct)  e.g.: v.any.ATTRIBUTE.TAGNAME = 'xml-gherkin'
wolffd@0: %
wolffd@0: % SEE ALSO
wolffd@0: %   xml_help, xml_parse, xml_parseany, xml_load, xml_save, (xmlread, xmlwrite)
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wolffd@0: % Copyright (C) 2002-2005, University of Southampton
wolffd@0: % Author: Dr Marc Molinari <m.molinari@soton.ac.uk>
wolffd@0: % $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2005/04/15 17:12:14 $ $Tag$
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