addElement Method

Class: HTML

Description

This method is used to add information to the Document Type Definition (DTD) of an XML script. The particular level of information is a line that describes the label (element) and attributes of the data within that label.

Syntax

htmlObject.addElement(String label, String attributes)

Parameters

label

The label that will contain sub-levels of information in the data section.

attributes

Columns or additional levels of information within the label

Returns

An updated XML formatted string. The information updated is the element part of the DTD of the XML message.

When Became Available

v6.4

Example

type HTML xx = Class.new(“HTML”)

set return = xx.addTitle(“MRPC98”)

set return = xx.addElement(“RECORD”,“ERROR,MORE,DEP”)

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The following will be added by the two methods above. The addElement method will only add the line containing the word ELEMENT. It inserts this record before the ]> that was added by the addTitle method.

<XML>

<!DOCTYPE MRPC98[

<!ELEMENT RECORD (ERROR,MORE,DEP)*>

]>