MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE - Parentnode (Xmlnode.parentnode Property); Prefix (Xmlnode.prefix Property)

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parentNode (XMLNode.parentNode property)
public parentNode : XMLNode [read-only]
An XMLNode value that references the parent node of the specified XML object, or returns
null if the node has no parent. This is a read-only property and cannot be used to manipulate
child nodes; use the
appendChild(), insertBefore(), and removeNode() methods to
manipulate child nodes.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5
Example
The following example creates an XML packet and displays the parent node of the username
node in the Output panel:
var my_xml:XML = new XML("mortongood&evil");
// first child is the <login /> node
var rootNode:XMLNode = my_xml.firstChild;
// first child of the root is the <username /> node
var targetNode:XMLNode = rootNode.firstChild;
trace("the parent node of '"+targetNode.nodeName+"' is:
"+targetNode.parentNode.nodeName);
trace("contents of the parent node are:\n"+targetNode.parentNode);
Output (line breaks added for clarity):
the parent node of 'username' is: login
contents of the parent node are:
morton
good&evil
See also
appendChild (XMLNode.appendChild method), insertBefore (XMLNode.insertBefore
method)
, removeNode (XMLNode.removeNode method), XML
prefix (XMLNode.prefix property)
public prefix : String [read-only]
The prefix portion of the XML node name. For example, the node <contact:mailbox/
>bob@example.com</contact:mailbox>
prefix "contact" and the local name "mailbox",
which comprise the full element name "contact.mailbox".