# XMLElemNew

Creates a new XML Element which can be appended to an XML document

## Method Signature

```
XMLElemNew(XML=[xml], childname=[string], namespace=[string])
```

### Arguments

| Argument    | Type     | Required | Description                                        | Default |
| ----------- | -------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| `XML`       | `xml`    | `true`   | The parent XML object to associate the new node to |         |
| `childname` | `string` | `true`   | The XML name of the new child node                 |         |
| `namespace` | `string` | `false`  | The XML namespace to attach to the new child node  |         |

## Examples

### Simple xmlelemnew Example

Here, we've created myXml with root and child nodes using xmlelemnew().

```java
<bx:set myXml = xmlNew() >
<bx:set myXml.XMLROOT = xmlelemnew( myXml, "sampleXml" ) >
<bx:set myXml.SAMPLEXML.XMLTEXT = "This is Root node text" >
<bx:loop from="1" to="3" index="i">
	<bx:set myXml.SAMPLEXML.XMLCHILDREN[ i ] = xmlelemnew( myXml, "childNode#i#" ) >
	<bx:set myXml.SAMPLEXML.XMLCHILDREN[ i ].XMLTEXT = "This is Child node#i# text" >
</bx:loop>
<bx:dump var="#myXml#">
```

### Additional Examples

```java
xml_document = XmlNew(); // new XML document to populate
xml_root = XmlElemNew( xml_document, "notes" );
xml_document.XMLROOT = xml_root; // set the root node of the XML document
xml_child = XmlElemNew( xml_document, "note" ); // first child node
xml_secondary_child = XmlElemNew( xml_document, "to" ); // child node for the first child node
xml_child.XMLCHILDREN.append( xml_secondary_child );
xml_root.XMLCHILDREN.append( xml_child ); // add the first child node to the XML document
dump( xml_document );

```

## Related

* [XMLChildPos](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlchildpos)
* [XMLFormat](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlformat)
* [XMLGetNodeType](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlgetnodetype)
* [XMLNew](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlnew)
* [XMLParse](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlparse)
* [XMLSearch](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlsearch)
* [XMLTransform](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmltransform)
* [XMLValidate](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/xml/xmlvalidate)


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