User Guide

1046 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference

XML.parentNode

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

my_xml.parentNode:XMLNode

Description

Read-only property; an XMLNode value that references the parent node of the specified XML

object, or returns

null if the node has no parent. 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.

Example

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

node in the Output panel:

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

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

// first child is the <login /> node

var rootNode:XMLNode = my_xml.firstChild;

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

var targetNode:XMLNode = 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>