SDO_NET.POST

Format

SDO_NET.POST_XML(      
  url      IN VARCHAR2,      
  request  IN XMLTYPE      
) RETURN XMLTYPE;

Description

Sends an XML request to a URL, and returns the XML response.

Parameters

url: Uniform resource locator (URL) to receive the request.
request: Request in XML form.

Usage Notes

For information about the XML API to the Network Data Model, see Network Data Model XML Interface.

Examples

The following example specifies an XML request, and sends it to a URL and returns the XML response, which it then displays.

DECLARE
  xml_request varchar2(4000); 
  ndmws_url varchar2(4000);
  xml_response xmltype;
BEGIN
  xml_request :=
'<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<networkAnalysisRequest
   xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/spatial/network"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml">
  <networkName>HILLSBOROUGH_NETWORK2</networkName>
  <shortestPath>
    <startPoint>
      <nodeID>1533</nodeID>
    </startPoint>
    <endPoint>
      <nodeID>10043</nodeID>
    </endPoint>
    <subPathRequestParameter>
      <cost> true </cost>
      <isFullPath> true </isFullPath>
      <startLinkIndex> true </startLinkIndex>
      <startPercentage> true </startPercentage>
      <endLinkIndex> true </endLinkIndex>
      <endPercentage> true </endPercentage>
    <pathRequestParameter>
      <cost> true </cost>
      <isSimple> true </isSimple>
      <startNodeID>true</startNodeID>
      <endNodeID>true</endNodeID>
      <noOfLinks>true</noOfLinks>
      <linksRequestParameter>
        <onlyLinkID>true</onlyLinkID>
      </linksRequestParameter>
      <nodesRequestParameter>
        <onlyNodeID>true</onlyNodeID>
      </nodesRequestParameter>
    </pathRequestParameter>
    </subPathRequestParameter>
  </shortestPath>
</networkAnalysisRequest>';
  ndmws_url := 'http://localhost:7001/SpatialWS-SpatialWS-context-root/SpatialWSXmlServlet';
  xml_response := sdo_net.POST_XML(ndmws_url, XMLTYPE(xml_request));
  dbms_output.put_line(xml_response.getStringVal());
END;
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