IsXMLRoot

Determines whether the function parameter is a root element node of an XML doc.

Method Signature

IsXMLRoot(value=[any])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
value	any	true	Value to test

Examples

"boxlangengines" is root element

<bx:xml variable="example">
	<boxlangengines>
		<engine>
			<name>Adobe ColdFusion</name>
		</engine>
		<engine>
			<name>Boxlang</name>
		</engine>
		<engine>
			<name>Railo</name>
		</engine>
		<engine>
			<name>Open BlueDragon</name>
		</engine>
	</boxlangengines>
</bx:xml>
<bx:script>
	writeOutput( isXMLRoot( example.BOXLANGENGINES ) );
</bx:script>

Result: YES

"engine" is child of "boxlangengines"

<bx:xml variable="example">
	<boxlangengines>
		<engine>
			<name>Adobe ColdFusion</name>
		</engine>
		<engine>
			<name>Boxlang</name>
		</engine>
		<engine>
			<name>Railo</name>
		</engine>
		<engine>
			<name>Open BlueDragon</name>
		</engine>
	</boxlangengines>
</bx:xml>
<bx:script>
	writeOutput( isXMLRoot( example.BOXLANGENGINES.ENGINE ) );
</bx:script>

Result: NO

Additional Examples

<bx:xml variable="xmlobject">
	<office>
		<employee>
			<emp_name>boxlang_dev</emp_name>
			<emp_no>121</emp_no>
		</employee>
	</office>
</bx:xml>
<bx:dump var="#IsXmlroot( xmlobject.OFFICE )#"/>

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• IsDefined

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• IsXmlAttribute

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• IsDebugMode

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• IsQuery

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• IsNull

• IsClosure

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• LSIsNumeric

• IsSimpleValue

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• IsXMLElem

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