This function destroys a XML node from the XML node tree.

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• Method: xmlnode:destroy(...)

Syntax

bool xmlDestroyNode ( xmlnode theXMLNode )

Required Arguments

• theXMLNode: The xmlnode you want to destroy.

Returns

• bool: bool

Returns true if the xml node was successfully destroyed, false otherwise.

Code Examples

Example 1 Example 2 (OOP)

server

This example will add a command called /delnode and it will create an xml file called test.xml.

addEventHandler("onResourceStart", resourceRoot, function()
    xml = xmlLoadFile("test.xml")
    if (not xml) then
        xml = xmlCreateFile("test.xml", "root")
        xmlCreateChild(xml, "node")
        xmlSaveFile(xml)
    end
end)

addCommandHandler("delnode", function(player)
    local node = xmlFindChild(xml, "node", 0)
    if (not node) then
        xmlUnloadFile(xml)
        return
    end

    xmlDestroyNode(node)
    xmlSaveFile(xml)
    xmlUnloadFile(xml)
    outputChatBox("You destroyed the node!", player, 0, 255, 0, false)
end)

server

OOP Required

This example will add a command called /delnode and it will create an xml file called test.xml.

addEventHandler("onResourceStart", resourceRoot, function()
    xml = XML.load("test.xml")
    if (not xml) then
        xml = XML("test.xml", "root")
        xml:createChild("node")
        xml:saveFile()
    end
end)

addCommandHandler("delnode", function(player)
    local node = xml:findChild("node", 0)
    if (not node) then
        xml:unload()
        return
    end

    node:destroy()
    xml:saveFile()
    xml:unload()
    player:outputChat("You destroyed the node!", 0, 255, 0, false)
end)

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