XMLGetParent

Gets the parent of specified node. If specified node is the root node in the tree, the parent is the document node.

Syntax

INT XMLGetParent(INT hDoc, INT hNode)

hDoc

Handle of the XML document. Returned by XMLCreate or XMLOpen.

hNode

Handle of the node. Returned by XMLGetRoot, XMLGetChild, XMLGetParent or XMLNodeFind.

Return Value

Handle of parent node, or error will be returned.

Related Functions

XMLClose, XMLCreate, XMLGetAttribute, XMLGetAttributeCount, XMLGetAttributeName, XMLGetAttributeValue, XMLGetChild, XMLGetChildCount, XMLGetRoot, XMLNodeAddChild, XMLNodeFind, XMLNodeGetName, XMLNodeGetValue, XMLNodeRemove, XMLNodeSetValue, XMLOpen, XMLSave, XMLSetAttribute

Example

Following example creates an XML document from local file "H:\Data\books.xml", then selects the first node that matchs XPath expression "/bookstore/book/", then gets the parent of the node.

INT hDoc, hNode, hParent;

hDoc=XMLOpen("H:\Data\books.xml");

If hDoc <> -1 THEN

hNode=XMLNodeFind(hDoc,"/bookstore/book/");

IF hNode <> -1 THEN

hParent=XMLGetParent(hDoc, hNode);

End

End

See Also

XML Functions