REMOVE-CHILD( ) method

REMOVE-CHILD( ) method

Unlinks the node and its sub-tree from the XML document. The XML object is not deleted, only disconnected from the structure.

Return type: LOGICAL

Applies to: X-document object handle, X-noderef object handle
Syntax
REMOVE-CHILD( x-node-handle ) 
x-node-handle

The handle that represents the node to remove from the tree.

The following code fragment gets a reference to the fourth node on the document root, and removes it. hNoderef is still available for use after the remove, but is unlinked from hRoot:
CREATE X-NODEREF hNoderef. 
. . . 
hRoot:GET-CHILD(hNoderef,4). 
hRoot:REMOVE-CHILD(hNodeRef). 
. . . 

Syntax
REMOVE-CHILD( `x-node-handle` )

CREATE X-NODEREF hNoderef. . . . hRoot:GET-CHILD(hNoderef,4). hRoot:REMOVE-CHILD(hNodeRef). . . .

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