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What does it do? ---------------- [](#what-does-it-do) This package provides an XML-Importer for Neos Flow entities. By creating an XML following a specific structure you can for example create fixtures for tests or use it to import data and resources into the system for which you do not have a frontend for editing data. You can also import the entities only into memory and choose not to persist them (useful for test fixtures for example). Running the import ------------------ [](#running-the-import) Importing a simple file as one-time-import: ``` ./flow import:xml /path/to/xml-file.xml ``` ### Import and updates [](#import-and-updates) If you would like to later on update data you have previously imported you can use an optional parameter to inject the UUIDs into the imported XMLs. That way if you change it and import it again the entities are updated and not created again. ``` ./flow import:xml /path/to/xml-file.xml --enableXmlModification ``` It is possible to reference other entities in the xml by specifying a id. If you have already imported stuff you can load this data into memory so that all references are loaded. ``` ./flow import:xml /path/to/xml-file.xml --initializePathAndFilename="/path/to/other/files/with" ``` ### Using importer for test fixtures [](#using-importer-for-test-fixtures) The importer can be used as a convenient way to create fixtures for functional or end-to-end testing. If you need some data in a functional test you can do something like this: ``` $importService->setPersistenceEnabled(FALSE); $importService->importFromFile('/path/to/file'); $fixture = $importService->getImportedObjectByReference(My\Package\Domain\Model\ShippingRate:class, 'standard'); ``` XML Structure for import files ------------------------------ [](#xml-structure-for-import-files) ### Basic Example [](#basic-example) Here is an example of a simple import-file. This creates two shippingRate entities and two timeFrame entities referencing one of the shipping rates. ``` Standard 3 3.90 Stundengenau 4 5.90 8 - 9 Uhr 08:00:00 1 5 9 - 10 Uhr 09:00:00 1 5 ``` The section `` contains only a mapping what repository is used for which entity. The `` section contains arbitrary named sections such as `` in our example. These Sections themselves contain multiple sections with a `type=""` attribute. It is possible to split the imported data into multiple files prefixed by a 3 digit number (be aware that the files are sorted before import). You have to take care that referenced entities are already imported before referencing them. ``` 000_MetaData.xml 010_ShippingRates.xml 020_TimeFrames.xml ``` ### Nesting and Relations [](#nesting-and-relations) It is possible to define relations (ManyToMany or OneToMany) in a seperate section ``: ``` ... TRUE Some rule to manage the TimeFrame 8-9 100 50 ... ``` The importer works recursively and also imports nested structures: ``` ... ... 10 - 11 Uhr 10:00:00 1 5 Some other Rate 6 19.90 ... ``` ### Health Score 25 — LowBetter than 37% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity4 Limited adoption so far Community6 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity58 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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