xmlFirstChild -- get the first child of an XML node or attribute

Synopsis

• Usage:

  xmlFirstChild n

• Inputs:
  • n, an instance of the type LibxmlNode or an instance of the type LibxmlAttribute
• Outputs:
  • an instance of the type LibxmlNode

Description

i1 : n = xmlParse ///<bar a="123"><foo/></bar>///

o1 = <bar a="123">
           <foo/>
         </bar>

o1 : LibxmlNode (xmlTypeDescription)

i2 : xmlFirstChild n

o2 = <foo/>

o2 : LibxmlNode (xmlTypeDescription)

i3 : xmlFirstAttribute n

o3 = a = "123"

o3 : LibxmlAttribute

i4 : xmlFirstChild oo

o4 = "123"

o4 : LibxmlNode (xmlTypeDescription)

See also

• xmlGetNext -- get the next XML node or attribute