Apply a paragraph style to XML elements that have a specific attribute

[Vamitul]

1) I'm an almost complete noob when it comes to XML

2) I have an XML with a ssstructure like this:

<chapter>
     <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
     <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
     <list type="disk">
          <listitem>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
          </listitem>
     </list>
     <list type="square">
          <listitem>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
               <paragraph> bla bla </paragraph>
          </listitem>
     </list>
</chapter>

Is there a easyer way (except iterating all the xmlElements) to find all the lists and apply the appropriate paragraph style (i have a "list_with_disk" paragraphstyle, and a "list_with_square" one)?

[csm_phil · Accepted solution]

Hi Vamitul,

Please try the below JS code.

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
//____________________ disk bullet style apply
try{
    var rootElement = myDoc.xmlElements.item(0);
    var linkElementList = rootElement.evaluateXPathExpression("//list[@type='disk']//paragraph");
    for(i=linkElementList.length-1; i>=0; i--){
        var myAttribute = linkElementList;
        myAttribute.xmlContent.appliedParagraphStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.itemByName("Disk");
        }
    }catch(e){}
//_______________________________________________________________________________
//____________________ Squar bullet style apply
try{
    var rootElement = myDoc.xmlElements.item(0);
    var linkElementList = rootElement.evaluateXPathExpression("//list[@type='square']//paragraph");
    for(i=linkElementList.length-1; i>=0; i--){
        var myAttribute = linkElementList;
        myAttribute.xmlContent.appliedParagraphStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.itemByName("Square");
        }
    }catch(e){}
//_______________________________________________________________________________

thx,

csm_phil

[Vamitul]

thanks.