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