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XML-NODE-TYPE attribute

The XML node type of the buffer-field object, which lets you specify how a buffer field is represented in XML and XML Schema. Valid XML node types are: "ATTRIBUTE", "ELEMENT", "HIDDEN", and "TEXT". The default value is "ELEMENT".

Data type: CHARACTER

Access: Readable/Writeable

Applies to: Buffer-field object handle

Table 91 lists the valid XML node types.

Table 91: XML node types 

When the XML node type is ...	The buffer field is ...
ATTRIBUTE	Represented as an attribute of the temp-table element in both the XML Schema and data.
ELEMENT	Represented as a child element of the temp-table element in both the XML Schema and data.
HIDDEN	Omitted from both the XML Schema and data.
TEXT	Represented as a text element in both the XML Schema and data. Note: Each table can contain only one TEXT field. When a table contains a TEXT field, it cannot contain ELEMENT fields; it can contain only ATTRIBUTE fields. A table that contains a TEXT field cannot be part of a nested data-relation.

The XML node type of a buffer field that represents an array must be either "ELEMENT" or "HIDDEN".

See also

WRITE-XML( ) method, WRITE-XMLSCHEMA( ) method