Adobe ColdFusion 8

XML document object management reference

The following tables provide a quick reference to the ways you can modify the contents of an XML document object. The sections that follow describe in detail how to modify XML contents.

Note: If your XML object is case sensitive, you cannot use dot notation to reference an element or attribute name. Use the name in associative array (bracket) notation, or a reference that does not use the case-sensitive name (such as xmlChildren[1]) instead.

Adding information to an element

Use the following techniques to add new information to an element:

Type

Using a function

Using an assignment statement

Attribute

 StructInsert(xmlElemPath.XmlAttributes, "key", "value") xmlElemPath.XmlAttributes.key = "value" xmlElemPath.XmlAttributes["key"] = "value"

Child element

To append:

ArrayAppend(xmlElempath.XmlChildren,newElem)

To insert:

ArrayInsertAt(xmlElempath.XmlChildren, position, newElem)

To append:

xmlElemPath.XmlChildren[i] = newElem xmlElemPath.newChildName = newElem

(where newChildName must be the same as newElem.XmlName and cannot be an indexed name such as name[3])

Deleting information from an element

Use the following techniques to delete information from an element:

Type

Using a function

Using an assignment statement

Property

 StructDelete(xmlElemPath, propertyName) xmlElemPath.propertyName=""

Attribute

All attributes:

StructDelete(xmlElemPath, XmlAttributes)

A specific attribute:

StructDelete(xmlElemPath.XmlAttributes,"attributeName")

Not available

Child element

All children of an element:

StructDelete(xmlElemPath, "XmlChildren") or ArrayClear(xmlElemPath.XmlChildren)

All children with a specific name:

StructDelete(xmlElementpath,"elemName") ArrayClear(xmlElemPath.elemName)

A specific child:

ArrayDeleteAt(xmlElemPath.XmlChildren,position) ArrayDeleteAt(xmlElemPath.elemName,position)

Not available

Changing contents of an element

Use the following techniques to change the contents of an element:

Type

Using a function

Using an assignment statement

Property

 StructUpdate(xmlElemPath,"propert yName", "value") xmlElemPath.propertyName = "value" xmlElemPath["propertyName"] = "value"

Attribute

 StructUpdate(xmlElemPath.XmlAttri butes,"attributeName", "value") xmlElemPath.XmlAttributes. attributeName="value" xmlElemPath.XmlAttributes ["attributeName"] = "value"

Child element

(replace)

 ArraySet(xmlElemPath.XmlChildren, index,index, newElement)

 

(use the same value for both index entries to change one element)

Replace first or only child named elementName:

parentElemPath.elementName = newElement parentElemPath["elementName"] = newElement

Replace a specific child named elementName:

parentElemPath.elementName [index] = newElement

or

parentElemPath["elementName"] [index] = newElement