Loading a network element defined in XML

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For detailed information about data sources, see Data sources.

All you have to do to load a network element written in XML into a data source, is create a data source using the data source default implementation defined by IltDefaultDataSource and pass the XML file to the parse method of the data source, as follows:

dataSource = new IltDefaultDataSource();

dataSource.parse("NetworkElementXMLFile.xml");

How to define a network element in XML

Below is an example of a network element defined in XML format. For details about the XML elements used in this example, see Elements in an XML data file .

In this example, the object state associated with the first network element ( NE1 ) has a default value. The second object ( NE2 ) explicitly defines the primary states of its associated OSI state. For details about states, see States.

<class>ilog.tgo.model.IltNetworkElement</class>

<attribute name="function">Transport</attribute>

</attribute>

<attribute name="objectState"

JavaClass="ilog.tgo.model.IltOSIObjectState"/>

</addObject>

<class>ilog.tgo.model.IltNetworkElement</class>

<attribute name="type">Terminal</attribute>

</attribute>

<attribute name="objectState"

javaClass="ilog.tgo.model.IltOSIObjectState">

<state>

<administrative>Unlocked</administrative>

<operational>Enabled</operational>

<usage>Active</usage>

</state>

</attribute>

</addObject>

</cplData>

The following figure shows the two network elements displayed in a network component:

Network elements displayed in a network component