XML (version 3.99-0.22)

append.xmlNode: Add children to an XML node

Description

This appends one or more XML nodes as children of an existing node.

Usage

append.XMLNode(to, ...)
append.xmlNode(to, ...)

Value

The original to node containing its new children nodes.

Details

append.xmlNode is a generic function with method append.XMLNode for class "XMLNode" and default method base::append.

This seems historical and users may as well use append.XMLNode directly.

References

https://www.w3.org/XML/, http://www.jclark.com/xml/, https://www.omegahat.net

See Also

[<-.XMLNode [[<-.XMLNode [.XMLNode [[.XMLNode

Examples

  # Create a very simple representation of a simple dataset.
  # This is just an example. The result is
   # 
   # 
   #  
   #   A
   #  
   #  
   #   B
   #  
   # 
   # 
   #  1.2 3.5
   # 
   # 
   #  20.2 13.9
   # 
   # 
   #  10.1 5.67
   # 
   # 


 n = xmlNode("data", attrs = c("numVars" = 2, numRecords = 3))
 n = append.xmlNode(n, xmlNode("varNames", xmlNode("string", "A"), xmlNode("string", "B")))
 n = append.xmlNode(n, xmlNode("record", "1.2 3.5"))
 n = append.xmlNode(n, xmlNode("record", "20.2 13.9"))
 n = append.xmlNode(n, xmlNode("record", "10.1 5.67"))

 print(n)


if (FALSE) {
   tmp <-  lapply(references, function(i) {
                                  if(!inherits(i, "XMLNode"))
                                    i <- xmlNode("reference", i)
                                  i
                              })

   r <- xmlNode("references")
   r[["references"]] <- append.xmlNode(r[["references"]], tmp)
}