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February 11, 2002 Adding A CDATA Section to An XML Tree Tips: February 2002
Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D.
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You can add a CDATA node to an XML tree with the createCDATASection() method. The CDATA tags, <![CDATE[ and ]]>, keep the text from being interpreted as markup language. The syntax of the method is:
where data is the text within the element's tags. Let's look at an example. First, let's read in our mydvd XML file:
Now, create the new CDATA object:
We append the new cdataSection node to the DOM's root:
Let's summarize the above calls in one function:
Try it now. The first alert box echoed the XML file before adding the CDATA section. The second alert box reflects the addition. Notice the new CDATA element at the bottom of the XML document.
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