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SVXmlNode

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A wrapper around a JavaScript XML node object. It has the following functions:

Function	Description	Arguments
getValue	Returns the value of the node.	None.
setValue	Sets the value of the node	value — the value to set.
appendChild	Appends the given node to this node as the last child of this node.	child — the node to attach. This node must be owned by this node's SVXmlDocument, so SVXmlDoucment.importNode might have to be called to incorporate the node into the current SVXmlDocument.
getNodeType	Returns this node's type.	None.
getAttribute	Returns the value of the attribute with the given name.	name — the name of the attribute to retrieve.
setAttribute	Sets the given attribute to the given value.	name — the name of the attribute. value — the value to set.
removeAttribute	Removes the given attribute.	name — the name of the attribute.
selectSingleNode	Selects the node starting at this node that resides at the given XPath, or null if no such node exists.	xpath — the XPath used to retrieve the node.
selectNodes	Returns an array of SVXmlNodes retrieved based on the given XPath, or an empty array if no nodes exist at the given path.	xpath — the XPath used to retrieve the nodes.
getXPath	Returns this node's XPath in the SVXmlDocument.	None.
getTagName	Returns this node's tag name.	None.
getPreviousSibling	Returns the previous SVXmlNode or null if there are no siblings.	None.
getParentNode	Returns the parent SVXmlNode or null if there is no parent.	None.
getChildNodes	Returns an array of child SVXmlNodes.	None.
getAttributes	Returns all attributes in this node.	None.
cloneNode	Makes a copy of this SVXmlNode and returns it.	deep — whether to recursively copy all descendent nodes of this node.
insertBefore	Inserts a new node before a given node in the child list.	newNode — the node to insert. beforeNode — the node that the given node should be inserted before.
getNodeName	Returns the name of the node.	None.
getFirstChild	Returns the first child SVXmlNode.	None.
getLastChild	Returns the last child SVXmlNode.	None.
getNextSibling	Return the next sibling SVXmlNode.	None.
removeChild	Removes the given node from this node's child list.	node — the node to remove.