copynode

Purpose

Copy a node .

Synopsis

function copynode(src:xmldoc, s:integer, dst:xmldoc, d:integer, where:integer):integer

Arguments

src

Document of node to be copied

Number of the node to copy

dst

Destination document

Node number where to attach the new node in the destination document

where

How to attach the copy of the source node to the node d:

XML_FIRST	as the first element of the list where node d is located
XML_LAST	as the last element of the list where node d is located
XML_NEXT	after node d
XML_FIRSTCHILD	as the first child of node d (node d must be an element)
XML_LASTCHILD	as the last child of node d (node d must be an element)

Example

The following code extract shows how to move (copy node, then delete original) and edit a node with all its descendants

  declarations
    DB: xmldoc
    APAC, NewPers, Pers: integer
  end-declarations

 ! Retrieve destination region node
  APAC:= getnode(DB, "personnelList/region[@id='APAC']")
 ! Retrieve employee record (node) for 'Lisa'
  Pers:=
    getnode(DB, "personnelList/region/employee/name[string()='Lisa']/..")
 ! Employee Lisa moves to Delhi: copy node & delete in original location
  NewPers:= copynode(DB, Pers, DB, APAC, XML_LASTCHILD)
  delnode(DB, Pers)
 ! Update the 'address' information
  setvalue(DB, getnode(DB, NewPers, "address"), "Delhi")

Further information

This routine copies the node as well as all of its descendants if it is an element node. Source and destination documents may be the same.

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