source: XmlTools2/examples/BINACJBOCharacter.oni-patch@ 1033

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########## Comments in patch files begin with '#'

########## You can comment and uncomment commands to see their effect 
########## in BINACJBOCharacter.xml file

# The following row is always required in a XmlTools patch. 
# It defines the minimum version of XmlTools executable that it requires.
@XML_TOOLS Version "2.0"

# This command adds a new XML node (inside of <xml></xml> tags) to all OSD named nodes.
@ADD_INSIDE_NODES ElementName "OSD" Files "BINACJBOCharacter.xml"
<xml>
                <Attack>
                        <Start>0</Start>
                        <End>30</End>
                        <Bones>Pelvis Chest Neck Head LeftShoulder LeftArm LeftWrist LeftFist RightShoulder RightArm RightWrist RightFist</Bones>
                        <Flags>Unblockable</Flags>
                        <Knockback>0</Knockback>
                        <HitPoints>10</HitPoints>
                        <HitType>KnockdownBody</HitType>
                        <HitLength>0</HitLength>
                        <StunLength>0</StunLength>
                        <StaggerLength>0</StaggerLength>
                        <Extents/>
                </Attack>
</xml>

# This command removes the nodes inserted in the previous command using ElementName and ParentElementName.
@REMOVE_NODES ElementName "Attack" ParentElementName "OSD" Files "BINACJBOCharacter.xml"

# This command adds a new XML node (inside of <xml></xml> tags) to the nodes that matches the XPathExpression.
@ADD_INSIDE_NODES XPathExpression "/Oni/Objects/CHAR/OSD" Files "BINACJBOCharacter.xml"
<xml>
                <Attack>
                        <Start>0</Start>
                        <End>30</End>
                        <Bones>Pelvis Chest Neck Head LeftShoulder LeftArm LeftWrist LeftFist RightShoulder RightArm RightWrist RightFist</Bones>
                        <Flags>Unblockable</Flags>
                        <Knockback>0</Knockback>
                        <HitPoints>10</HitPoints>
                        <HitType>KnockdownBody</HitType>
                        <HitLength>0</HitLength>
                        <StunLength>0</StunLength>
                        <StaggerLength>0</StaggerLength>
                        <Extents/>
                </Attack>
</xml>

# This command removes the nodes inserted in the previous command using an XPathExpression.
@REMOVE_NODES XPathExpression "/Oni/Objects/CHAR/OSD/Attack" Files "BINACJBOCharacter.xml"

# This command executes any of the XmlTools commands (see all possible command using XmlTools --help)
@COMMAND Options "--files 'BINACJBOCharacter.xml' --element-name 'Position' --invert-elements"

# This command executes the javascript inside the (inside of <code></code> tags)

# The current javascript code first gets the element name "CHAR" with an attribute Id=11565
# then it gets the child element "OSD" and set its Weapon element value to "MyAwesomeOniWeapon"
@CUSTOM_CODE Files "BINACJBOCharacter.xml"
<code>
        var myBuilder = new JSXMLBuilder();
        myBuilder.load($xmlData);

        var elements = myBuilder.elements;
 
        for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
        if(elements[i].name=="CHAR" && elements[i].attributeString==" Id=\"11565\""){
                elements[i].childElement("OSD").childElement("Weapon").text="MyAwesomeOniWeapon";
                break;
                }
        }
         
        $xmlData=myBuilder.generateXML(); // update the global variable with the new XML
</code>