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

	xml_child = xml_document.elemNew("note"); // first child node

	xml_secondary_child = xml_document.elemNew("to", "second_child"); // 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

	writeDump(xml_document);

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