User Guide

1320 ActionScript classes
// <middle />
// <middle />
// <youngest />
// </rootNode>
// create a copy of rootNode using cloneNode() to demonstrate a deep copy
var rootClone:XMLNode = rootNode.cloneNode(true);
// insert the clone, which contains all child nodes, to rootNode
rootNode.appendChild(rootClone);
trace(rootNode);
// output (with line breaks added):
// <rootNode>
// <oldest />
// <middle />
// <middle />
// <youngest />
// <rootNode>
// <oldest />
// <middle />
// <middle />
// <youngest />
// </rootNode>
// </rootNode>
firstChild (XMLNode.firstChild property)
public firstChild : XMLNode [read-only]
Evaluates the specified XML object and references the first child in the parent node's child
list. This property is
null if the node does not have children. This property is undefined if
the node is a text node. This is a read-only property and cannot be used to manipulate child
nodes; use the
appendChild(), insertBefore(), and removeNode() methods to
manipulate child nodes.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5
Example
The following example shows how to use
XML.firstChild to loop through a node's child
nodes:
// create a new XML document
var doc:XML = new XML();
// create a root node
var rootNode:XMLNode = doc.createElement("rootNode");
// create three child nodes