Add new node

[itamar]

this is supose to be quite simple yet i haven't found any thread that explains how to-
I need to add a new node (in flash), and than had 4 childs to that node?
please, help

[catbert303]

Hi,

here's a short example

code:

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main_xml = new XML("<main></main>"); // create an XML object to add the new nodes to



parentElement_xml = main_xml.createElement("parent_element"); // create a new element, named parent_element to hold the child nodes



// now create the child nodes and add them to parent_element

childNode_xml = main_xml.createElement("child_node1");

// add some text to the child node

childNode_xml.appendChild(main_xml.createTextNode(  "this is some text in the first child node"));

// append the child node to the parent

parentElement_xml.appendChild(childNode_xml);



// now create another child node

childNode_xml = main_xml.createElement("child_node2");

childNode_xml.appendChild(main_xml.createTextNode(  "this is some text in the second child node"));

parentElement_xml.appendChild(childNode_xml);



// add as many more child nodes as you need

// then append parent_element (with its child nodes) to our XML object, main_xml.firstChild is the main node created when the XML object was created, new XML("<main></main>")

main_xml.firstChild.appendChild(parentElement_xml)  ;



trace(main_xml);

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[itamar]

thanks, i'll try it,is it possible adding the new node not at the end of the xml?

[catbert303]

Yes there is an insertBefore method that allows you to add a new node before another one.

for example,

code:

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// create an XML object

test_xml = new XML("<something></something>");

// create a new node for it

newNode_xml = test_xml.createElement("first_element");

// add this new node to test_xml

test_xml.firstChild.appendChild(newNode_xml);

// see how that looks

trace(test_xml);

// now create another new node

newNode_xml = test_xml.createElement("second_element");

// and add this node before first_element

test_xml.firstChild.insertBefore(newNode_xml, test_xml.firstChild.firstChild);

// see how that looks now

trace(test_xml);

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in the line,

test_xml.firstChild.insertBefore(newNode_xml, test_xml.firstChild.firstChild);

test_xml.firstChild is the something node of the xml, the one we want to add nodes to

test_xml.firstChild.firstChild is the first_element node of the XML which the new node is being inserted before.

[itamar]

thanks.