XmlNew

Description

Creates an XML document object.

Return value

An empty XML document object.

Syntax

XmlNew([caseSensitive])

History

New in ColdFusion MX: this function is new.

Parameters

Parameter Description

caseSensitive
Determines how ColdFusion processes the case of XML document object component identifiers

yes: maintains case

no. ColdFusion ignores case. Default.

Parameter	Description
caseSensitive	Determines how ColdFusion processes the case of XML document object component identifiers yes: maintains case no. ColdFusion ignores case. Default.

Usage

An XML document object is represented in ColdFusion as a structure.

The caseSensitive attribute value determines whether identifiers whose characters are of varying case, but are otherwise the same, refer to different components. For example:

If caseSensitive = "no", the names mydoc.employee.name[1] and mydoc.employee.NAME[1] refer to the same element
If caseSensitive = "yes", these names refer to two distinct elements

The following example creates and displays a ColdFusion document object. For more information on this example, see Developing ColdFusion MX Applications with CFML.

Example

<cfset testVar = True>

<cfscript>
  MyDoc = XmlNew();
  MyDoc.xmlRoot = XmlElemNew(MyDoc,"MyRoot");
  if (testVar IS TRUE)
    MyDoc.MyRoot.XmlText = "The value of testVar is True.";
  else 
    MyDoc.MyRoot.XmlText = "The value of testVar is False.";
  for (i = 1; i LTE 4; i = i + 1)
    {
    MyDoc.MyRoot.XmlChildren[i] = XmlElemNew(MyDoc,"childNode");
    MyDoc.MyRoot.XmlChildren[i].XmlText = "This is Child node " & i &".";
    }
</cfscript>
<cfdump var=#MyDoc#>