ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

XML.cloneNode() Method

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However, our example traverses only the first level of theNode’s hierarchy. The examples

under the

XML.nextSibling entry show how to access all the nodes below theNode.If

theNode has no children, theNode.childNodes.length is 0.

Usage

Remember that empty text nodes, representing the whitespace used to format XML source

code, also show up in a

childNode list. For example, in the following XML source, empty

text nodes are created by the whitespace after the

BOOK start tag and the TITLE, AUTHOR, and

PUBLISHER end tags:

<BOOK>

<TITLE>ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide</TITLE>

<AUTHOR SALUTATION="Mr.">Colin Moock</AUTHOR>

<PUBLISHER>O'Reilly</PUBLISHER>

</BOOK>

Hence, the first child node of BOOK is an empty text node; the second child is TITLE.To

remove whitespace, use

XML.ignoreWhite.

Bugs

In Flash Player 5, an XML document with an XML declaration (<?xml version="1.0"?>) has

a

childNodes[0] of undefined. The first child of the document is stored erroneously in

childNodes[1]. This bug was fixed in Flash Player 6.

See Also

XML.firstChild, XML.hasChildNodes(), XML.lastChild, XML.nextSibling, XML.

previousSibling

XML.cloneNode() Method

create an independent copy of a node

Flash 5

theNode.cloneNode(deep)

Arguments

deep A Boolean indicating ...