Document.createElement(options)

Note:

The content in this help topic pertains to SuiteScript 2.0.

Method Description

Creates a new node of type ELEMENT_NODE with the specified name and returns the new xml.Element node.

The Node.localName, Node.prefix, and Node.namespaceURI properties of the new node are set to null.

Returns

xml.Element

Supported Script Types

Client and server scripts

For more information, see SuiteScript 2.x Script Types.

Governance

None

Module

N/xml Module

Since

2015.2

Parameters
Note:

The options parameter is a JavaScript object.

Parameter

Type

Required / Optional

Description

options.tagName

string

required

Name of the element to create.

Errors

Error Code

Message

Thrown If

SSS_XML_DOM_EXCEPTION

INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: An invalid or illegal XML character is specified.

Element cannot be created with the specified tagName value.

Syntax
Important:

The following code sample shows the syntax for this member. It is not a functional example. For a complete script example, see N/xml Module Script Samples.

          //Add additional code 
...
var elem = xmlDocument.createElement({
    tagName : 'book'
});
...
//Add additional code 

        

Related Topics

xml.Document
N/xml Module
SuiteScript 2.x Modules
SuiteScript 2.x

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