This function creates a new child node under an XML node.

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• Method: xmlnode:createChild(...)

Syntax

xmlnode|false xmlCreateChild ( xmlnode parentNode, string tagName )

Required Arguments

• parentNode: The xmlnode you want to create a new child node under.
• tagName: The type of the child node that will be created.

Returns

• xmlnode|false: xmlnode

Returns the created xmlnode if successful, false otherwise.

Code Examples

Example 1 Example 2 (OOP)

client

This example allows a player to use the command createfile to create an .xml file.

-- Creates a file named "new.xml" with root node "newroot" and childnode "newchild".
function createFileHandler()
    local RootNode = xmlCreateFile("new.xml"," newroot")
    if (not RootNode) then
        return
    end

    local NewNode = xmlCreateChild(RootNode, "newchild")
    if (not NewNode) then
        return
    end

    xmlSaveFile(RootNode)
    xmlUnloadFile(RootNode)
end
addCommandHandler("createfile", createFileHandler)

client

OOP Required

This example allows a player to use the command createfile to create an .xml file.

-- Creates a file named "new.xml" with root node "newroot" and childnode "newchild".
function createFileHandler()
    local RootNode = XML("new.xml"," newroot")
    if (not RootNode) then
        return
    end

    local NewNode = RootNode:createChild("newchild")
    if (not NewNode) then
        return
    end

    RootNode:saveFile()
    RootNode:unload()
end
addCommandHandler("createfile", createFileHandler)

See Also

XML Functions

• xmlCopyFile
• xmlCreateChild
• xmlCreateFile
• xmlDestroyNode
• xmlFindChild
• xmlLoadFile
• xmlLoadString
• xmlNodeGetAttribute
• xmlNodeGetAttributes
• xmlNodeGetChildren
• xmlNodeGetName
• xmlNodeGetParent
• xmlNodeGetValue
• xmlNodeSetAttribute
• xmlNodeSetName
• xmlNodeSetValue
• xmlSaveFile
• xmlUnloadFile

XML Elements

• xmlnode

Reference

• Scripting Functions