Name and Syntax | Returns | Description | |
<Entity> .new [<Expression1>,…] | Entity | Creates a new instance of <Entity>. Expressions (optional to assign attribute values) in square brackets [..] must be written in the form: attribute = value. | |
<Entity> .newUnique [<Expression1>,…] | Entity | Creates a new instance of <Entity> only if the instance created is unique as defined by optional <Expression1>,… | |
<Entity>.clone [<Expression1>,…] | Entity | Creates a new instance of <Entity> with the same attributes and their respective values. Expressions (optional to override attribute values) in square brackets [..] must be written in the form: attribute = value. | |
< Entity>.remove [(true)|(false)] | Entity | Deletes the entity from memory and from the resultant XML document. Children can be removed as well when set to (true, or retained after moving to root (false). Blank or no value defaults to true. |