XMLList
Overview
E4X (Ecma-357) XMLList object. This is based on a deprecated/withdrawn standard.
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attribute(attributeName)
It calls the method attribute of each object in this XMLList and returns the results in order in an XMLList.
Parameters
String attributeName ;
Returns: XMLList
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attributes()
Calls the method attributes of each object in this XMLList and returns an XMLList with the results in order.
Returns: XMLList
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child(propertyName)
Calls the method child of each XML object in this XMLList object to return an XMLList with the matching children in order.
Parameters
String propertyName ;
Returns: XMLList
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children()
Returns an XMLList with the children of all XML objects in this XMLList.
Returns: XMLList
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comments()
Returns an XMLList with all the comment child nodes of XML objects in this XMLList in order.
Returns: XMLList
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contains(value)
Returns true if there is (at least) one XML object in the list that compares equal to the value
Parameters
Object value ;
Returns: Boolean
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copy()
Returns a deep copy of the XMLList it is called on.
Returns: XMLList
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descendants()
Returns an XMLList with all of the matching descendants of all XML objects.
Returns: XMLList
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descendants(name)
Returns an XMLList with all of the matching descendants of all XML objects.
Parameters
String name ;
Returns: XMLList
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elements(name)
Returns an XMLList with the matching element children of all XML objects in this XMLList.
Parameters
String name ;
Returns: XMLList
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hasComplexContent()
Returns true if the XMLList contains exactly one XML object which has complex content or if the XMLList contains several XML objects.
Returns: Boolean
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hasOwnProperty(propertyName)
Returns true if the XMLList object has a property of that name and false otherwise.
Parameters
String propertyName ;
Returns: Boolean
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hasSimpleContent()
Returns true if the XMLList is empty or contains exactly one XML object which has simple content or contains no elements at all.
Returns: Boolean
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length()
Returns the number of XML objects this XMLList contains.
Returns: Number
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normalize()
Returns the XMLList object it is called on after joining adjacent text nodes and removing empty text nodes.
Returns: XMLList
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parent()
Returns the common parent of all XML objects in this XMLList if all those objects have the same parent.
Returns: XML
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processingInstructions()
Returns an XMLList with all the matching processing instruction child nodes of all XML objects in this XMLList.
Returns: XMLList
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processingInstructions(name)
Returns an XMLList with all the matching processing instruction child nodes of all XML objects in this XMLList.
Parameters
String name ;
Returns: XMLList
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propertyIsEnumerable(propertyName)
Returns true if the property name converted to a number is greater than or equal to 0 and less than the length of this XMLList.
Parameters
String propertyName ;
Returns: Boolean
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text()
Returns an XMLList containing all the text child nodes of all the XML objects contained in this XMLList.
Returns: XMLList
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toString()
Returns a string representation of the XMLList
Returns: String
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toXMLString()
Returns the concatenation of toXMLString called on each XML object. The result for each XML object is put on a separate line if XML.prettyPrinting is true.
Returns: String
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valueOf()
Simply returns the XMLList object it is called on.
Returns: XMLList
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