Creating XML object & adding children

[Chuck Uebele]

I'm trying to create an XML object and add children to it.   I can create the object, add one descendant per descendant, but when I try and add more that one child at the same level, they all get placed in the same node.  Here's a little test I did:

var myXML = new XML()

myXML = XML('<rootnode></rootnode>')  //this created the root node fine.

myXML.firstChild[0] = "Dave"  //This creates a child node fine with the contents "Dave"

myXML.firstChild[1] = "Sam"  //This adds Sam to the node Dave is in rather than creating a new child.

myXML.firstChild[0].secondChild = "Betty" // This creates a child node fine under the first child.

myXML.firstChild[1].secondChild = "Betty" //this will generate an error as there is not a second child.

Using insertChildAfter or insertChildBefore or appendChild don't seem to do anything either.

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

[Chuck Uebele]

Looks like I have to use:

var newChild = new XML('<firstChild>' + someVar + '</firstChild>')

myXML.appendChild(newChild).

Just seems you should be able to do it using E4X syntax.

[xbytor2]

Firefox behaves the way you expect:

<rootnode>
  <firstChild>
       Dave
        <secondChild>Betty</secondChild>
    </firstChild>
    <firstChild>
        Sam
        <secondChild>Betty</secondChild>
    </firstChild>
</rootnode>

I would consider this a bug.

-X

[Chuck Uebele]

Thanks, Xbytor.  That's what I was thinking, but I don't know enough about this to say for sure.

Chuck