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X-noderef object handle

A handle to a reference to an XML node. The X-noderef object is a 4GL object that is a reference to any arbitrary node in an XML tree except a document node. You create the handle and assign it to a handle variable with the CREATE X-NODEREF statement.

Syntax

x-noderef-handle [ :attribute | :method ]

x-noderef-handle

A handle variable that references an X-noderef object. You can use this handle as a parameter or return-value for attributes and methods that provide access to the underlying XML node.

attribute

An attribute of the X-noderef object.

method

A method of the X-noderef object.

Attributes

ATTRIBUTE-NAMES attribute	CHILD-NUM attribute	LOCAL-NAME attribute
NAME attribute	NAMESPACE-PREFIX attribute	NAMESPACE-URI attribute
NODE-VALUE attribute	NUM-CHILDREN attribute	OWNER-DOCUMENT attribute
SUBTYPE attribute	TYPE attribute	UNIQUE-ID attribute

Methods

APPEND-CHILD( ) method	CLONE-NODE( ) method
DELETE-NODE( ) method	GET-ATTRIBUTE( ) method
GET-ATTRIBUTE-NODE( ) method	GET-CHILD( ) method
GET-PARENT( ) method	INSERT-BEFORE( ) method
LONGCHAR-TO-NODE-VALUE( ) method	MEMPTR-TO-NODE-VALUE( ) method
NODE-VALUE-TO-LONGCHAR( ) method	NODE-VALUE-TO-MEMPTR( ) method
NORMALIZE( ) method	REMOVE-ATTRIBUTE( ) method
REMOVE-CHILD( ) method	REPLACE-CHILD( ) method
SET-ATTRIBUTE( ) method	SET-ATTRIBUTE-NODE( ) method

See also

CREATE X-NODEREF statement