Document Model Node Types
The %XML.TextReaderOpens in a new tab class builds a document model structure that contains a series of nodes.
Each node represents a different “component” of the XML document (such as an element). As you move from node to node (by calling the Read method, for example), the %XML.TextReaderOpens in a new tab object's NodeType property is set to the type of the current node.
NodeType is a string and can have one of the following values:
Node Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| “attribute” | An XML attribute. |
| “cdata” | A CDATA section. |
| “chars” | A set of characters (such as content of an element). |
| “comment” | An XML comment. |
| “element” | The start of an XML element. |
| “endelement” | The end of an XML element. |
| “entity” | An XML entity. |
| “processinginstruction” | An XML processing instruction. |
| “ignorablewhitespace” | The white space between markup in a mixed content model. |
