GetType Method (XDATA)

9.8A

The GetType method returns the node type of the current node. The method uses the following format:

Where:

label

Optional. A Program Execution Label.

object

Required. An XDATA object.

return

Optional. A Numeric Variable that receives the node type of the current node.

Flags Affected: EOS, OVER, ZERO

Note the following:

1. The ZERO flag is set if the {return} value is zero.

2. The OVER flag is set TRUE if the type value is too large to be stored in the {return} numeric variable.

3. The EOS flag is always set FALSE.

4. The expected node type values are defined as follows:

 

Type	Value
DOM_ELEMENT_NODE	1
DOM_ATTRIBUTE_NODE	2
DOM_TEXT_NODE	3
DOM_CDATA_SECTION_NODE	4
DOM_ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE	5
DOM_ENTITY_NODE	6
DOM_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE	7
DOM_COMMENT_NODE	8
DOM_DOCUMENT_NODE	9
DOM_DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE	10
DOM_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE	11
DOM_NOTATION_NODE	12

See Also: XDATA, XDATA Methods, Method Syntax