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DOM Insert XML element

DOM Insert XML element 


 

DOM Insert XML element ( targetElementRef ; sourceElementRef ; childIndex ) -> Function result 
Parameter Type   Description
targetElementRef  Text in Parent XML element reference
sourceElementRef  Text in XML element reference to insert
childIndex  Longint in Index of child of target element above which the new element must be inserted
Function result  Text in Reference of new XML element

The DOM Insert XML element command can be used to insert a new XML element among the child elements of the XML element whose reference is passed in the targetElementRef parameter. 

Pass the element to be inserted in sourceElementRef. This element must be passed as the reference of an existing XML element in a DOM tree. 

The childIndex parameter can be used to designate the child of the parent element before which the new element must be inserted. Pass an index number in this parameter. If the value is not valid (for example, there is no child element having this index), the new element will be added before the first child of the parent element. 

The command returns the reference of the XML element obtained.

Example  

In the following structure, we would like to invert the first and second book:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<BookCatalog>
  <Book>
          <Title>Open Source Web Services</Title>
          <Author>Collective</Author>
          <Date>2003</Date>
          <ISBN>2-7440-1507-5</ISBN>
          <Publisher>Wrox</Publisher>
    </Book>
<Book>
          <Title>Building XML Web services</Title>
          <Author>Scott Short</Author>
          <Date>2002</Date>
          <ISBN>2-10-006476-2</ISBN>
          <Publisher>Microsoft Press</Publisher>
    </Book>
</BookCatalog> 

To do this, simply execute the following code:

 C_TEXT($rootRef)
 $rootRef:=DOM Parse XML source("") //selection of XML document
 If(OK=1)
    C_TEXT($newStruct)
    $newStruct:=DOM Create XML Ref("BookCatalog")
 
    $bookRef:=DOM Find XML element($rootRef;"/BookCatalog/Book[1]")
    $newElementRef:=DOM Append XML element($newStruct;$bookRef)
 
    $bookRef:=DOM Find XML element($rootRef;"/BookCatalog/Book[2]")
    C_TEXT($newElementRef)
    $newElementRef:=DOM Insert XML element($newStruct;$bookRef;1)
 
    DOM CLOSE XML($newStruct)
    DOM CLOSE XML($rootRef)
 End if

 
PROPERTIES 

Product: 4D
Theme: XML DOM
Number: 1083

 
HISTORY 

Created: 4D v12

 
SEE ALSO 

DOM Append XML element

 
ARTICLE USAGE

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