Adding E4X example contributed by John Schneider from AgileDelta, Inc., http://www.agiledelta.com/ .

js/rhino/build.xml

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Requires Ant version 1.2 or later
   <target name="copy-examples" depends="init">
     <mkdir dir="${dist.dir}/examples"/>
     <copy todir="${dist.dir}/examples">
-      <fileset dir="examples" includes="*.java,*.js,*.html" />
+      <fileset dir="examples" includes="**/*.java,**/*.js,**/*.html" />
     </copy>
   </target>
 

js/rhino/examples/E4X/e4x_example.js

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+/* -*- Mode: java; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
+ *
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public
+ * License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
+ *
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
+ * IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
+ * implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+ * rights and limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is Rhino code, released
+ * May 6, 1999.
+ *
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape
+ * Communications Corporation.  Portions created by Netscape are
+ * Copyright (C) 1997-1999 Netscape Communications Corporation. All
+ * Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s):
+ * John Schneider
+ *
+ * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the
+ * terms of the GNU Public License (the "GPL"), in which case the
+ * provisions of the GPL are applicable instead of those above.
+ * If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only
+ * under the terms of the GPL and not to allow others to use your
+ * version of this file under the NPL, indicate your decision by
+ * deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
+ * and other provisions required by the GPL.  If you do not delete
+ * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this
+ * file under either the NPL or the GPL.
+ */
+
+print("----------------------------------------");
+
+// Use the XML constructor to parse an string into an XML object
+var John = "<employee><name>John</name><age>25</age></employee>";
+var Sue ="<employee><name>Sue</name><age>32</age></employee>";
+var tagName = "employees";
+var employees = new XML("<" + tagName +">" + John + Sue + "</" + tagName +">");
+print("The employees XML object constructed from a string is:\n" + employees);
+
+print("----------------------------------------");
+
+// Use an XML literal to create an XML object
+var order = <order>
+   <customer>
+      <firstname>John</firstname>
+      <lastname>Doe</lastname>
+   </customer>
+   <item>
+      <description>Big Screen Television</description>
+      <price>1299.99</price>
+      <quantity>1</quantity>
+   </item>
+</order>
+
+// Construct the full customer name
+var name = order.customer.firstname + " " + order.customer.lastname;
+
+// Calculate the total price
+var total = order.item.price * order.item.quantity;
+
+print("The order XML object constructed using a literal is:\n" + order);
+print("The total price of " + name + "'s order is " + total);
+
+print("----------------------------------------");
+
+// construct a new XML object using expando and super-expando properties
+var order = <order/>;
+order.customer.name = "Fred Jones";
+order.customer.address.street = "123 Long Lang";
+order.customer.address.city = "Underwood";
+order.customer.address.state = "CA";
+order.item[0] = "";
+order.item[0].description = "Small Rodents";
+order.item[0].quantity = 10;
+order.item[0].price = 6.95;
+
+print("The order custructed using expandos and super-expandos is:\n" + order);
+
+// append a new item to the order
+order.item += <item><description>Catapult</description><price>139.95</price></item>;
+
+print("----------------------------------------");
+
+print("The order after appending a new item is:\n" + order);
+
+print("----------------------------------------");
+
+// dynamically construct an XML element using embedded expressions
+var tagname = "name";
+var attributename = "id";
+var attributevalue = 5;
+var content = "Fred";
+
+var x = <{tagname} {attributename}={attributevalue}>{content}</{tagname}>;
+
+print("The dynamically computed element value is:\n" + x.toXMLString());
+
+print("----------------------------------------");
+
+// Create a SOAP message
+var message = <soap:Envelope
+      xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
+      soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
+   <soap:Body>
+      <m:GetLastTradePrice xmlns:m="http://mycompany.com/stocks">
+         <symbol>DIS</symbol>
+      </m:GetLastTradePrice>
+   </soap:Body>
+</soap:Envelope>
+
+// declare the SOAP and stocks namespaces
+var soap = new Namespace("http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
+var stock = new Namespace ("http://mycompany.com/stocks");
+
+// extract the soap encoding style and body from the soap message
+var encodingStyle = message.@soap::encodingStyle;
+
+print("The encoding style of the soap message is specified by:\n" + encodingStyle);
+
+// change the stock symbol
+message.soap::Body.stock::GetLastTradePrice.symbol = "MYCO";
+
+var body = message.soap::Body;
+
+print("The body of the soap message is:\n" + body);
+
+print("----------------------------------------");
+
+// create an manipulate an XML object using the default xml namespace
+
+default xml namespace = "http://default.namespace.com";
+var x = <x/>;
+x.a = "one";
+x.b = "two";
+x.c = <c xmlns="http://some.other.namespace.com">three</c>;
+
+print("XML object constructed using the default xml namespace:\n" + x);
+
+default xml namespace="";
+
+print("----------------------------------------");
+
+var order = <order id = "123456" timestamp="Mon Mar 10 2003 16:03:25 GMT-0800 (PST)">
+   <customer>
+      <firstname>John</firstname>
+      <lastname>Doe</lastname>
+   </customer>
+   <item id="3456">
+      <description>Big Screen Television</description>
+      <price>1299.99</price>
+      <quantity>1</quantity>
+   </item>
+   <item id = "56789">
+      <description>DVD Player</description>
+      <price>399.99</price>
+      <quantity>1</quantity>
+   </item>
+</order>;
+
+
+// get the customer element from the orderprint("The customer is:\n" + order.customer);
+
+// get the id attribute from the order
+print("The order id is:" + order.@id);
+
+// get all the child elements from the order element
+print("The children of the order are:\n" + order.*); 
+
+// get the list of all item descriptions
+print("The order descriptions are:\n" + order.item.description); 
+
+
+// get second item by numeric index
+print("The second item is:\n" + order.item[1]);
+
+// get the list of all child elements in all item elements
+print("The children of the items are:\n" + order.item.*);
+
+// get the second child element from the order by index
+print("The second child of the order is:\n" + order.*[1]);
+
+// calculate the total price of the order
+var totalprice = 0;
+for each (i in order.item) {
+	totalprice += i.price * i.quantity;
+}
+print("The total price of the order is: " + totalprice);
+
+print("----------------------------------------");
+
+var e = <employees>
+   <employee id="1"><name>Joe</name><age>20</age></employee>
+   <employee id="2"><name>Sue</name><age>30</age></employee>
+</employees>;
+
+// get all the names in e
+print("All the employee names are:\n" + e..name);
+
+// employees with name Joe
+print("The employee named Joe is:\n" + e.employee.(name == "Joe"));
+
+// employees with id's 1 & 2
+print("Employees with ids 1 & 2:\n" + e.employee.(@id == 1 || @id == 2)); 
+
+// name of employee with id 1
+print("Name of the the employee with ID=1: " + e.employee.(@id == 1).name);
+
+print("----------------------------------------");
+
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