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How do I use the method nodeKind?

How do I use the method nodeKind?

Apr 11th, 2005 04:13
Martin Honnen,

The method nodeKind takes no argument and returns a string denoting the
kind of node this XML object represents. The possible values are
'element', 'attribute', 'text', 'comment', and 'processing-instruction'.
Here are some examples:
  XML.ignoreComments = false;
  XML.ignoreProcessingInstructions = false;
  var gods = <gods type="usenet">
    <?process Kibology="on"?>
    <!-- usenet GOD -->
    <god>Kibo</god>
    <!-- counterpart -->
    <god>Xibo</god>
  </gods>;
  alert(gods.nodeKind()); // shows 'element'
  alert(gods.@type.nodeKind()); // shows 'attribute'
  alert(gods.*[0].nodeKind()); // shows 'processing-instruction'
  alert(gods.god[0].*[0].nodeKind()); // shows 'text'
  alert(gods.*[1].nodeKind()); // shows 'comment'