XMLList

Overview

E4X (Ecma-357) XMLList object. This is based on a deprecated/withdrawn standard.

Methods Summarized

Methods Detailed

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

Sample

xmlList.attribute(attributeName)

attributes()

Calls the method attributes of each object in this XMLList and returns an XMLList with the results in order.

Returns: XMLList

Sample

xmlList.attributes()

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

Sample

xmlList.child(propertyName)

children()

Returns an XMLList with the children of all XML objects in this XMLList.

Returns: XMLList

Sample

xmlList.children()

comments()

Returns an XMLList with all the comment child nodes of XML objects in this XMLList in order.

Returns: XMLList

Sample

xmlList.comments()

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

Sample

xmlList.contains(value)

copy()

Returns a deep copy of the XMLList it is called on.

Returns: XMLList

Sample

xmlList.copy()

descendants()

Returns an XMLList with all of the matching descendants of all XML objects.

Returns: XMLList

Sample

xmlList.descendants([name])

descendants(name)

Returns an XMLList with all of the matching descendants of all XML objects.

Parameters

• String name ;

Returns: XMLList

Sample

xmlList.descendants([name])

elements(name)

Returns an XMLList with the matching element children of all XML objects in this XMLList.

Parameters

• String name ;

Returns: XMLList

Sample

xmlList.elements([name])

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

Sample

xmlList.hasComplexContent()

hasOwnProperty(propertyName)

Returns true if the XMLList object has a property of that name and false otherwise.

Parameters

• String propertyName ;

Returns: Boolean

Sample

xmlList.hasOwnProperty(propertyName)

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

Sample

xmlList.hasSimpleContent()

length()

Returns the number of XML objects this XMLList contains.

Returns: Number

Sample

xmlList.length()

normalize()

Returns the XMLList object it is called on after joining adjacent text nodes and removing empty text nodes.

Returns: XMLList

Sample

xmlList.normalize()

parent()

Returns the common parent of all XML objects in this XMLList if all those objects have the same parent.

Returns: XML

Sample

xmlList.parent()

processingInstructions()

Returns an XMLList with all the matching processing instruction child nodes of all XML objects in this XMLList.

Returns: XMLList

Sample

xmlList.processingInstructions([name])

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

Sample

xmlList.processingInstructions([name])

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

Sample

xmlList.propertyIsEnumerable(propertyName)

text()

Returns an XMLList containing all the text child nodes of all the XML objects contained in this XMLList.

Returns: XMLList

Sample

xmlList.text()

toString()

Returns a string representation of the XMLList

Returns: String

Sample

xmlList.toString()

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

Sample

xmlList.toXMLString()

valueOf()

Simply returns the XMLList object it is called on.

Returns: XMLList

Sample

xmlList.valueOf()

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