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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > XMLNode > nodeName (XMLNode.nodeName property)

nodeName (XMLNode.nodeName property)

public nodeName : String

A string representing the node name of the XML object. If the XML object is an XML element (nodeType == 1), nodeName is the name of the tag that represents the node in the XML file. For example, TITLE is the nodeName of an HTML TITLE tag. If the XML object is a text node (nodeType == 3), nodeName is null.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5

Example

The following example creates an element node and a text node, and checks the node name of each:

// create an XML document
var doc:XML = new XML();

// create an XML node using createElement()
var myNode:XMLNode = doc.createElement("rootNode");

// place the new node into the XML tree
doc.appendChild(myNode);

// create an XML text node using createTextNode()
var myTextNode:XMLNode = doc.createTextNode("textNode");

// place the new node into the XML tree
myNode.appendChild(myTextNode);

trace(myNode.nodeName);
trace(myTextNode.nodeName);

// output:
// rootNode
// null

The following example creates a new XML packet. If the root node has child nodes, the code loops over each child node to display the name and value of the node. Add the following ActionScript to your FLA or AS file:

var my_xml:XML = new XML("hankrudolph");
if (my_xml.firstChild.hasChildNodes()) {
    // use firstChild to iterate through the child nodes of rootNode
    for (var aNode:XMLNode = my_xml.firstChild.firstChild; aNode != null; aNode=aNode.nextSibling) {
        if (aNode.nodeType == 1) {
            trace(aNode.nodeName+":\t"+aNode.firstChild.nodeValue);
        }
    }
}

The following node names are displayed in the Output panel:

 output:
 username: hank
 password: rudolph

nodeName (XMLNode.nodeName property)

Example

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