XmlElemNew()

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  • XML
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Creates an XML document object element

XmlElemNew( xmlObj=xml, namespace_or_childName=string, childName=string );

Returns: org.w3c.dom.Element

Argument Description
xmlObj
xml, required 		edit

Name of the XML document object in which you are creating the element

Alias: xmlNode, node, element, xml, xmlDoc
namespace_or_childName
string, optional 		edit

URI of the namespace to which this element belongs or the name of the element to create.

Alias: namespace
childName
string, optional 		edit

The name of the element to create. This element becomes a child element of xmlObj in the tree.

Alias: name

Examples

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  xml_document = XmlNew(); // new XML document to populate
  xml_root = XmlElemNew(xml_document,"notes");
  xml_document.XmlRoot = xml_root; // set the root node of the XML document

  xml_child = XmlElemNew(xml_document,"note"); // first child node

  xml_secondary_child = XmlElemNew(xml_document,"to"); // child node for the first child node
  xml_child.XmlChildren.append(xml_secondary_child);

  xml_root.XmlChildren.append(xml_child); // add the first child node to the XML document

  dump(xml_document);

See also