hasChildNodes Method
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4/8/2010
Returns True if this node has children.
Script Syntax
boolValue = oXMLDOMNode.hasChildNodes();
Remarks
Script Parameters
None.
Script Return Value
Boolean. Returns True if this node has children.
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT hasChildNodes(
VARIANT_BOOL* hasChild
);
Remarks
C/C++ Parameters
- hasChild
[out, retval] True is returned if this node has children.
C/C++ Return Values
- S_OK
Value returned if successful.
- S_FALSE
Value returned when there are no children.
- E_INVALIDARG
Value returned if hasChild is Null.
Requirements
| Header | msxml2.h, msxml2.idl |
| Library | uuid.lib |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later |
General Remarks
This method offers a fast way to determine whether a node has children. It always returns False for nodes that, by definition, cannot have children: the IXMLDOMCDATASection, IXMLDOMComment, IXMLDOMNotation, IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction, and IXMLDOMText nodes.
This method applies to the following objects and interfaces:
IXMLDOMCDATASection, IXMLDOMComment, IXMLDOMNotation, IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction, IXMLDOMText, IXMLDOMAttribute, IXMLDOMCDATASection, IXMLDOMCharacterData, IXMLDOMComment, DOMDocument, IXMLDOMDocumentFragment, IXMLDOMDocumentType, IXMLDOMElement, IXMLDOMEntity, IXMLDOMEntityReference, IXMLDOMNode, IXMLDOMNotation, IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction, IXMLDOMText, and IXTLRuntime.