IXMLDOMNode::childNodes Method

IXMLDOMNode::get_childNodes Method

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

Visual Basic Syntax

objXMLDOMNodeList = oXMLDOMNode.childNodes

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT get_childNodes(
    IXMLDOMNodeList **childList);

Parameters

childList [out]: A list of children in the current node.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK: Value returned if successful.
E_INVALIDARG: Value returned if childList is Null.

Remarks

Object. The collection is read-only. Note that an XMLDOMNodeList object is returned even if there are no children of the node. In such a case, the length of the list will be set to 0. For information about valid child node types for each node, see the DOMNodeType enumeration.

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 XMLDOMNodeList that contains a list of all child nodes for the specified node.
NODE_CDATA_SECTION, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_NOTATION, NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, NODE_TEXT	Returns an XMLDOMNodeList with a length of 0. These node types cannot have children.
NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE	Returns an XMLDOMNodeList that contains a list of all child nodes for the XMLDOMDocumentType node. The node list for the document type node can contain entities and notations.