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Chapter 16: ECMA Script for XML
Aside from this basic XML construction syntax, the following DOM - like methods are also available:
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appendChild( child ) — Appends the given child to the end of the XMLList representing the
node ’ s children
copy() — Returns a duplicate of the XML object
insertChildAfter( refNode, child ) — Inserts child after refNode in the XMLList
representing the node ’ s children
insertChildBefore( refNode, child ) — Inserts child before refNode in the XMLList
representing the node ’ s children
prependChild( child ) — Inserts the given child at the beginning of the XMLList
representing the node ’ s children
replace( propertyName, value ) — Replaces the property named propertyName , which
may be an element or an attribute, with the given value
setChildren( children ) — Replaces all current children with children , which may be an
XML object or an XMLList object
These methods are incredibly useful and easy to use. The following code illustrates some of these
methods:
var employees = < employees >
< employee position=”Software Engineer” >
< name > Nicholas C. Zakas < /name >
< /employee >
< employee position=”Salesperson” >
< name > Jim Smith < /name >
< /employee >
< /employees > ;
employees.appendChild( < employee position=”Vice President” >
< name > Benjamin Anderson < /name >
< /employee > );
employees.prependChild( < employee position=”User Interface Designer” >
< name > Michael Johnson < /name >
< /employee > );
employees.insertChildBefore(employees.child(2),
< employee position=”Human Resources Manager” >
< name > Margaret Jones < /name >
< /employee > );
employees.setChildren( < employee position=”President” >
< name > Richard McMichael < /name >
< /employee > +
< employee position=”Vice President” >
< name > Rebecca Smith < /name >
< /employee > );
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