Appendchild (Xmlnode.appendchild Method) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE Reference

appendChild (XMLNode.appendChild method)

public appendChild(newChild:XMLNode) : Void
Appends the specified node to the XML object's child list. This method operates directly on
the node referenced by the
the node to be appended already exists in another tree structure, appending the node to the
new location will remove it from its current location. If the
node that already exists in another XML tree structure, the appended child node is placed in
the new tree structure after it is removed from its existing parent node.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5
Parameters
- An XMLNode that represents the node to be moved from its current
newChild:XMLNode
location to the child list of the
Example
This example does the following things in the order shown:
Creates two empty XML documents,
Creates a new node using the
method, to the XML document named
appendChild()
Shows how to move a node using the
from to
doc1 doc2
Clones the root node from
Creates a new node and appends it to the root node of the XML document
var doc1:XML = new XML();
var doc2:XML = new XML();
// create a root node and add it to doc1
var rootnode:XMLNode = doc1.createElement("root");
doc1.appendChild(rootnode);
trace ("doc1: " + doc1); // output: doc1: <root />
trace ("doc2: " + doc2); // output: doc2:
// move the root node to doc2
doc2.appendChild(rootnode);
trace ("doc1: " + doc1); // output: doc1:
trace ("doc2: " + doc2); // output: doc2: <root />
// clone the root node and append it to doc1
var clone:XMLNode = doc2.firstChild.cloneNode(true);
doc1.appendChild(clone);
trace ("doc1: " + doc1); // output: doc1: <root />
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parameter; it does not append a copy of the node. If
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appendChild()
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doc2
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method, and appends it, using the
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doc1
method, by moving the root node
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