MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE - Createelement (Xml.createelement Method)

XML 1291
createElement (XML.createElement method)
public createElement(name:String) : XMLNode
Creates a new XML element with the name specified in the parameter. The new element
initially has no parent, no children, and no siblings. The method returns a reference to the
newly created XML object that represents the element. This method and the
XML.createTextNode() method are the constructor methods for creating nodes for an XML
object.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5
Parameters
name:String - The tag name of the XML element being created.
Returns
XMLNode - An XMLNode object; an XML element.
Example
The following example creates three XML nodes using the
createElement() method:
// create an XML document
var doc:XML = new XML();
// create three XML nodes using createElement()
var element1:XMLNode = doc.createElement("element1");
var element2:XMLNode = doc.createElement("element2");
var element3:XMLNode = doc.createElement("element3");
// place the new nodes into the XML tree
doc.appendChild(element1);
element1.appendChild(element2);
element1.appendChild(element3);
trace(doc);
// output: <element1><element2 /><element3 /></element1>
See also
createTextNode (XML.createTextNode method)