xml.elemNew()

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  • XML

Creates an XML document object element

xml.elemNew( namespace_or_childName=string, childName=string )

Returns: org.w3c.dom.Element

Argument Description
namespace_or_childName
string, optional

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

Alias: namespace
childName
string, optional

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

Alias: name

Examples

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

<span class="nv">xml_child</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nf">xml_document.elemNew</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;note&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c">// first child node</span>
<span class="nv">xml_secondary_child</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nf">xml_document.elemNew</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;to&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;second_child&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c">// child node for the first child node</span>
<span class="nf">xml_child.XmlChildren.append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">xml_secondary_child</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="nf">xml_root.XmlChildren.append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">xml_child</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c">// add the first child node to the XML document</span>
<span class="nf">writeDump</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">xml_document</span><span class="p">);</span>

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