TXMLConfig.FindChildNode function
Finds (and optionally caches) a child node starting at the specified index position using the specified XPath node name and position.
Declaration
function FindChildNode(PathIndex: Integer; const aName: string;
CreateNodes: Boolean=False): TDOMNodeArguments
PathIndex | Position for the first child node in the list of nodes examined in the method. |
aName | XPATH expression which indicates the node name and the predicate which indicates the position for the selected child node. |
CreateNodes | True if cache entries are created for the node(s) which match the arguments to the function. |
Function result
Child DOM node which matches the expression and position indicated in the function arguments.
Description
FindChildNode is a
TDOMNode function used to retrieve
(and optionally cache) a DOM node which matches the XPATH expression in AName.
PathIndex contains the ordinal position for the first child node examined in the list of child nodes. It is a 0-based value.
AName can contain the name for a child and and a predicate with the index position in the list of nodes. For example: 'NodeName[4]'. Please note that positions in XPATH start at 1 instead of 0 as used in Pascal.
See also
An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.