Extensions.Xml.GetXmlElementChildElements

Classification

Name	GetXmlElementChildElements
Short Description	Returns all child elements of an XML element
Class	Term
Extension	OTX Xml extension
Group	Xml related Terms
Exceptions	-
Checker Rules	-
Standard Compliant	Yes

OTL Syntax

ListTerm Xml.GetXmlElementChildElements(XmlElementTerm element, StringTerm elementName);

Description

The GetXmlElementChildElements term returns all child elements of an XML element as a list of XmlElement objects.

Return Value

The Term returns the value, see table below.

In OTX, Terms are categorized according to its return data type!

Data Type	Description
List	The list<XmlElement> of all child elements of an XML element.

Properties

Name	Data Type	Class	Default	Cardinality	Description
Element	XmlElement	Term	-	[1..1]	The XmlElement object, to which the operation is applied.
ElementName	String	Term	-	[0..1]	The (optional) name of the child elements. If specified, only elements with this name will be returned. The value can contain an arbitrary namespace in form of "Prefix:Name".

OTL Examples

/// Local Declarations

Xml.XmlElement XmlElement1;
Xml.XmlElement XmlElement2;
List<Xml.XmlElement> List1;		

/// Flow

XmlElement1 = Xml.CreateXmlElement("root", "text", {"attrb":"val"});
XmlElement2 = Xml.CreateXmlElement("child1", "text1");
Xml.AddXmlChildElement(XmlElement1, XmlElement2);
List1 = Xml.GetXmlElementChildElements(XmlElement1);

See also

CopyXmlElement
CreateXmlDocument
CreateXmlElement
GetXmlElementAttributes
GetXmlElementName
GetXmlElementsByXPath
GetXmlElementText
GetXmlRootElement
XmlFromByteField
XmlLoadFromFile
XmlToByteField