IXMLDOMNode::get_childNodes Method

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Contains a node list containing the children (for nodes that can have children).

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMNodeList = oXMLDOMNode.childNodes

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_childNodes(
    IXMLDOMNodeList **childList);

Parameters

childList

[out] Note that an IXMLDOMNodeList is returned even if there are no children of the node. In such a case, the length of the list will be set to zero. For information about valid child node types for each node, see DOMNodeType.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

Value returned if successful.

E_INVALIDARG

Value returned if childList is null.

Remarks

This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.

NODE_ATTRIBUTE, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT, NODE_ELEMENT, NODE_ENTITY, NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE	Returns an IXMLDOMNodeList that contains a list of all child nodes for the specified node.
NODE_CDATA_SECTION, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_NOTATION, NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, NODE_TEXT	These node types cannot have children. Returns an IXMLDOMNodeList with a length of zero.
NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE	Returns an IXMLDOMNodeList that contains a list of all child nodes for the DocumentType node. The node list for a document type node can contain entities and notations.

You can either use the item method to access individual nodes,

 xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes.item(1)

or you can directly access a child node by appending the desired index number in parentheses,

 xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes(1)

or with square brackets (except in Visual Basic):

 xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes[1]