CreateDocumentElement method: XmlDoc class

Syntax

CreateDocumentElement(TagName [, NamespaceURI ] [, &DocType])

where NamespaceURI can have one of the following forms:

URL.URLname 

OR a string URL, such as

http://www.example.com/

Description

Use the CreateDocumentElement method to create the root element of the document.

For &DocType you must specify an already instantiated document type node using CreateDocumentType.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
TagName	Specify the name of the tag to be used for the document element.
NamespaceURI	Specify the URI that contains the Namespaces for the XmlDoc, as a string.
&DocType	Specify the document type node. This must already be instantiated using CreateDocumentType.

Returns

A reference to an XmlNode object representing the root element.

Example

For example:

Local XmlDoc &inXMLDoc;
Local XmlNode &docTypeNode;
Local XmlNode &rootNode;

&inXMLDoc = CreateXmlDoc("");
&docTypeNode = &inXMLDoc.CreateDocumentType("Personal", "", "Personal.dtd");
&rootNode = &inXMLDoc.CreateDocumentElement("root", "", &docTypeNode);

The preceding PeopleCode program produces the following XML:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE Personal SYSTEM "Personal.dtd">
<root/>