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</person>
</people>;
System.log("'people' = " + people);
// built-in XML type
System.log("'people' is of type : " + typeof(people));
// list-like interface System.log("which contains a list of " +
people.person.length() + " persons");
System.log("whose first element is : " + people.person[0]);
// attribute 'id' is mapped to field '@id'
people.person[0].@id='47';
// change Moe's id to 47
// also supports search by constraints
System.log("Moe's id is now : " + people.person.(name=='Moe').@id);
// suppress Moe from the list
delete people.person[0];
System.log("Moe is now removed.");
// new (sub-)document can be built from a string
people.person[1] = new XML("<person id=\"3\"><name>James</name></person>");
System.log("Added James to the list, which is now :");
for each(var person in people..person)
for each(var person in people..person){
System.log("- " + person.name + " (id=" + person.@id + ")");
}
Setting and Obtaining Properties from a Hashtable
The following JavaScript example sets properties in a hashtable and obtains the properties from the hashtable.
In the following example, the key is always a String and the value is an object, a number, a Boolean, or a String.
var table = new Properties() ;
table.put("myKey",new Date()) ;
// get the object back
var myDate= table.get("myKey") ;
System.log("Date is : "+myDate) ;
Replace the Contents of a String
The following JavaScript example replaces the content of a String and replaces it with new content.
var str1 = "'hello'" ;
var reg = new RegExp("(')", "g");
var str2 = str1.replace(reg,"\\'") ;
System.log(""+str2) ; // result : \'hello\'
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