removeNamedItem Method
Removes an attribute from the collection.
[Script]
Script Syntax
var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNamedNodeMap.removeNamedItem(name);
Parameters
- name
- The string specifying the name of the attribute to remove from the collection.
Return Value
An object. Returns the node removed from the collection. Returns Null if the named node is not an attribute.
Example
var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0"); var nodeBook; xmlDoc.setProperty("SelectionLanguage", "XPath"); xmlDoc.async = false; xmlDoc.load("books.xml"); if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) { var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError; alert("You have error " + myErr.reason); } else { nodeBook = xmlDoc.selectSingleNode("//book"); alert(nodeBook.attributes.length); nodeBook.attributes.removeNamedItem("id"); alert(nodeBook.attributes.length); }
[Visual Basic]
Visual Basic Syntax
Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNamedNodeMap.removeNamedItem(name)
Parameters
- name
- A string specifying the name of the attribute to remove from the collection.
Return Value
An object. Returns the node removed from the collection. Returns Null if the named node is not an attribute.
Example
Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50 Dim nodeBook As IXMLDOMElement xmlDoc.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath" xmlDoc.async = False xmlDoc.Load "books.xml" If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then Dim myErr Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason) Else Set nodeBook = xmlDoc.selectSingleNode("//book") MsgBox nodeBook.Attributes.length nodeBook.Attributes.removeNamedItem "id" MsgBox nodeBook.Attributes.length End If
[C/C++]
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT removeNamedItem( BSTR name, IXMLDOMNode **namedItem);
Parameters
- name [in]
- The name of the attribute to remove from the collection.
- namedItem [out, retval]
- The node removed from the collection. Returns Null if the named node is not an attribute.
C/C++ Return Values
- S_OK
- The value returned if successful.
- S_FALSE
- The value when returning Null.
- E_FAIL
- The value returned if an error occurs.
C/C++ Example
IXMLDOMNode *pIXMLDOMNode = NULL; IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap *pIXMLDOMNamedNodeMap = NULL; BSTR bstrAttributeName = ::SysAllocString(_T("dateModified")); IXMLDOMElement *pIXMLDOMElement = NULL; VARIANT varValue; HRESULT hr; IXMLDOMDocument *pIXMLDOMDocument = NULL; try { // Create an instance of DOMDocument and initialize pIXMLDOMDocument. // Load/create an XML fragment. hr = pIXMLDOMDocument->get_documentElement(&pIXMLDOMElement); SUCCEEDED(hr) ? 0 : throw hr; if(pIXMLDOMElement) { hr = pIXMLDOMElement->get_attributes(&pIXMLDOMNamedNodeMap); if(SUCCEEDED(hr) && pIXMLDOMNamedNodeMap) { hr = pIXMLDOMNamedNodeMap->removeNamedItem(bstrAttributeName, &pIXMLDOMNode); if(SUCCEEDED(hr) && pIXMLDOMNode) { pIXMLDOMNode->get_nodeValue(&varValue); ::MessageBox(NULL, _bstr_t(varValue), _T("Removed Item"), MB_OK); pIXMLDOMNode->Release(); pIXMLDOMNode = NULL; } pIXMLDOMNamedNodeMap->Release(); pIXMLDOMNamedNodeMap = NULL; } pIXMLDOMElement->Release(); pIXMLDOMElement = NULL; } ::SysFreeString(bstrAttributeName); bstrAttributeName = NULL; } catch(...) { if(bstrAttributeName) ::SysFreeString(bstrAttributeName); if(pIXMLDOMElement) pIXMLDOMElement->Release(); if(pIXMLDOMNamedNodeMap) pIXMLDOMNamedNodeMap->Release(); if(pIXMLDOMNode) pIXMLDOMNode->Release(); DisplayErrorToUser(); } // Release pIXMLDOMDocument when finished with it.
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See Also
Applies to: IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap