User Guide

XML class 207

Example

The following example creates an XML packet and writes the parent node of the username

node to the log file:

var my_xml = new XML("<login><username>morton</username>

<password>good&evil</password></login>");

// The first child is the <login /> node.

var rootNode = my_xml.firstChild;

// The first child of the root is the <username /> node.

var targetNode = rootNode.firstChild;

trace("the parent node of '"+targetNode.nodeName+"' is:

"+targetNode.parentNode.nodeName);

trace("contents of the parent node are:\n"+targetNode.parentNode);

/* output (line breaks added for clarity):

the parent node of 'username' is: login

contents of the parent node are:

<login>

<username>morton</username>

</login>