childNodes Property
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4/8/2010
Contains a node list containing the children nodes.
Script Syntax
objXMLDOMNodeList = oXMLDOMNode.childNodes;
Remarks
Script Parameters
None.
Script Return Value
Object. A list of children in the current node.
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT get_childNodes(
IXMLDOMNodeList** childList
);
Remarks
C/C++ Parameters
- childList
[out, retval] A list of children in the current node.
C/C++ Return Values
- S_OK
Value returned if successful.
- E_INVALIDARG
Value returned if childList is Null.
Requirements
| Header | msxml2.h, msxml2.idl |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later |
General Remarks
Note that IXMLDOMNodeList is returned even if there are no children of the node. In such a case, the length of the list will be set to 0. For information about valid child node types for each node, see XML DOM Enumerated Constants.
This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
NODE_ATTRIBUTE, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT, NODE_ELEMENT, NODE_ENTITY, NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE |
Returns an IXMLDOMNodeList that contains a list of all child nodes for the specified node. |
NODE_CDATA_SECTION, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_NOTATION, NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, NODE_TEXT |
Returns an IXMLDOMNodeList with a length of 0. These node types cannot have children. |
NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE |
Returns an IXMLDOMNodeList that contains a list of all child nodes for the IXMLDOMDocumentType node. The node list for the document type node can contain entities and notations. |
This property (collection) is read-only, and applies to the following objects and interfaces:
DOMDocument, IXMLDOMAttribute, IXMLDOMCDATASection, IXMLDOMCharacterData, IXMLDOMComment, IXMLDOMDocumentFragment, IXMLDOMDocumentType, IXMLDOMElement, IXMLDOMEntity, IXMLDOMEntityReference, IXMLDOMNode, IXMLDOMNodeList, IXMLDOMNotation, IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction, IXMLDOMText, and IXTLRuntime.