getAttributeNode Method

Script Syntax

var objXMLDOMAttribute = oXMLDOMElement.getAttributeNode(name);

Parameters

name

The string specifying the name of the attribute to be retrieved.

Return Value

An object. Returns IXMLDOMAttribute with the supplied name, or Null if the named attribute cannot be found on this element.

Example

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var nodeBook, nodeId, sIdValue;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
   nodeBook = xmlDoc.selectSingleNode("//book");
   nodeId = nodeBook.getAttributeNode("id");
   sIdValue = nodeId.value;
   alert(sIdValue);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

Set objXMLDOMAttribute = oXMLDOMElement.getAttributeNode(name)

Parameters

name

The string specifying the name of the attribute to be retrieved.

Return Value

An object. Returns IXMLDOMAttribute with the supplied name, or Null if the named attribute cannot be found on this element.

Example

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim nodeBook As IXMLDOMElement
Dim nodeId As IXMLDOMAttribute
Dim sIdValue As String
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load "books.xml"
If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then
   Dim myErr
   Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
   MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason)
Else
   Set nodeBook = xmlDoc.selectSingleNode("//book")
   Set nodeId = nodeBook.getAttributeNode("id")
   sIdValue = nodeId.Value
   MsgBox sIdValue
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT getAttributeNode(
    BSTR name,
    IXMLDOMAttribute **attributeNode);

Parameters

name [in]

The name of the attribute to be retrieved.

attributeNode [out, retval]

An IXMLDOMAttribute object that is returned with the supplied name, or Null if the named attribute cannot be found on this element.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if successful.

S_FALSE

The value returned when no attribute with the given name is found.

E_INVALIDARG

The value returned if name is Null.

C/C++ Example

BOOL DOMElementAttributeNode()
{
   BOOL bResult = FALSE;
   BSTR bstrAttributeName = ::SysAllocString(_T("dateCreated"));
   IXMLDOMAttribute* pIXMLDOMAttribute = NULL;
   IXMLDOMElement *pIXMLDOMElement = NULL;
   IXMLDOMDocument *pIXMLDOMDocument = NULL;
   HRESULT hr;

   try
   {
      // Create an instance of DOMDocument and initialize 
      // pIXMLDOMDocument.
      // Load/create an XML fragment.
      hr = pIXMLDOMDocument->get_documentElement(&pIXMLDOMElement);
      SUCCEEDED(m_hr) ? 0 : throw hr;

      If(pIXMLDOMElement)
      {
         hr = pIXMLDOMElement->getAttributeNode(bstrAttributeName, &pIXMLDOMAttribute);
         if(SUCCEEDED(hr) && pIXMLDOMAttribute)
         {
         // Read node value and display . . .
            bResult = TRUE;
            pIXMLDOMAttribute->Release();
            pIXMLDOMAttribute = NULL;
         }
         ::SysFreeString(bstrAttributeName);
         bstrAttributeName = NULL;
         pIXMLDOMElement->Release();
         pIXMLDOMElement = NULL;
      }
   }
   catch(...)
   {
      if(bstrAttributeName)
         ::SysFreeString(bstrAttributeName);
      if(pIXMLDOMAttribute)
         pIXMLDOMAttribute->Release();
      if(pIXMLDOMElement)
         pIXMLDOMElement->Release();
      DisplayErrorToUser();
   }
   return bResult;
}