XML by Example

Figure 9.3: The result in Netscape

In this example, the constructor for Product declares two properties (name

and prices) and one method (toXML).

function Product(name,prices)

{

this.name = name;

this.prices = prices;

this.toXML = product_toXML;

}

These objects are created with the new operator like built-in JavaScript

objects:

var product = new Product(name,prices);

JavaScript objects are used like built-in objects:

xmlCode += products[i].toXML();

Writing XML

The Product and Price objects are XML-aware because they know how to

save (serialize) themselves as XML objects through the toXML() function.

The

makeXML() function is trivial: It iterates over the list ...