Endeca | Convert Forge output binary records to xml

While trouble shooting forge based application indexing. I was trying to find the way to convert endeca binary records [forge output] to xml records. This is essential to know what is output from Forge to analyze the issue.

Then I found very handy utility from endeca to achieve this : binary2xml utility

This utility is locate at $ENDECA_ROOT/bin.

Using this utility you can easily convert binary records to xml file.

Syntax  : binary2xml.exe <Source binary file> <Output xml file>

Example : binary2xml.exe  Test-sgmt0.records.binary Test.xml 

Below is the sample output generated using this utility.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE RECORDS SYSTEM "records.dtd">
<RECORDS>
   <RECORD>
      <PROP NAME="ProductName">
         <PVAL>Tea</PVAL>
      </PROP>
      <PROP NAME="ProductId">
         <PVAL>1</PVAL>
      </PROP>
   </RECORD>
   <RECORD>
      <PROP NAME="ProductName">
         <PVAL>Cup</PVAL>
      </PROP>
      <PROP NAME="ProductId">
         <PVAL>2</PVAL>
      </PROP>
   </RECORD>
   <RECORD>
      <PROP NAME="ProductName">
         <PVAL>Cycle</PVAL>
      </PROP>
      <PROP NAME="ProductId">
         <PVAL>3</PVAL>
      </PROP>
   </RECORD>
   <RECORD>
      <PROP NAME="ProductName">
         <PVAL>Coffee</PVAL>
      </PROP>
      <PROP NAME="ProductId">
         <PVAL>4</PVAL>
      </PROP>
   </RECORD>
</RECORDS>

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