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GET-CHILD( ) method

Retrieves a specific child node of the current node. The first parameter must be a valid X-noderef handle and will refer to the specified child XML node if the method succeeds.

Return type: LOGICAL

Applies to: X-document object handle, X-noderef object handle

Syntax

GET-CHILD( x-node-handle , index )

x-node-handle

A valid X-noderef handle to use as the child XML node.

index

An integer representing the relative number in the node-tree (1 based).

The following code fragment demonstrates getting all the child nodes from the XML node referenced by hNoderef using the GET-CHILD( ) method:

. . . REPEAT j = 1 TO hNoderef:NUM-CHILDREN: ok = hNoderef:GET-CHILD(hNoderefChild,j). IF NOT ok THEN LEAVE. . . . END.