XML DOM » Node » childNodes
- Syntax:
- node.childNodes
This is a read-only property containing a node list of all children for those elements that can have them.
The childNodes property is a read-only property containing a node list of all children for those elements that can have them. It returns a NodeList for the following valid node types:
- NODE_ATTRIBUTE
- NODE_DOCUMENT
- NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT
- NODE_ELEMENT
- NODE_ENTITY
- NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE
Examples
Code:
XML:
<States>
<State
ref="FL">
<name>Florida</name>
<capital>Tallahassee</capital>
</State>
<State
ref="IA">
<name>Iowa</name>
<capital>Des Moines</capital>
</State>
</States>
VBScript:
Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
objXMLDoc.async = False
objXMLDoc.load("states.xml")
Dim objChildNodes, strNode
Set objChildNodes = objXMLDoc.documentElement.childNodes<State>
For Each strNode In objChildNodes
document.write(strNode.nodeName & "<br>")
NextOutput:
State
StateExplanation:
This example loads the 'states.xml' file and gets the childNodes of the root element. If we then iterate through the child nodes, displaying their node names, you will see that they are the two <State> tags of our XML file.
As you might have guessed, each of the child nodes in the above example has its own child nodes.
Language(s): VBScript XML
Code:
Set objChildNodes = objXMLDoc.documentElement.childNodes.item(0).childNodes<State>
For Each strNode In objChildNodes
document.write(strNode.xml & "<br>")
NextOutput:
Florida
TallahasseeExplanation:
To refer to a random, individual node in the childNodes collection you use the item method of the NodeList object with the appropriate index. So, if we want to get the child nodes of the first child node of the root element, the code would look like this example. Now you can loop through the child nodes representing the elements of the first <State> tag, and display the xml for those nodes:
Language(s): VBScript
