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Reference for Processing (BETA) version 0135+. If you have a previous version, use the reference included with your software. If you see any errors or have any comments, let us know.

Class | XMLElement
Name | ### getChildren()
Examples |
    import processing.xml.*;

    // The following short XML file called "sites.xml" is parsed
    // in the code below. It must be in the project's "data" directory
    // <?xml version="1.0"?>
    // <websites>
    //   <site id="0" url="processing.org">Processing</site>
    //   <site id="1" url="mobile.processing.org">Processing Mobile</site>
    // </websites<

    XMLElement xml;

    void setup() {
      size(200, 200);
      xml = new XMLElement(this, "sites.xml");
      XMLElement[] kids = xml.getChildren();
      for (int i=0; i < kids.length; i++) {
        String site = kids[i].getContent();
        println(site);
      }
    }
    import processing.xml.*;

    void setup() {
      // Download RSS feed of news stories from yahoo.com
      String url = "http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/topstories";
      XMLElement rss = new XMLElement(this, url);
      // Get all  elements
      XMLElement[] links = rss.getChildren("channel/item/link");
      for (int i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
        println(links[i].getContent());
      }
    }
Description | Returns all of the children as an XMLElement array. When the path parameter is specified, then it will return all children that match that path. The path is a series of elements and sub-elements, separated by slashes.
Syntax |
    xml.getChildren()
    xml.getChildren(path)
Parameters |
xml | any variable of type XMLElement
Usage | Web & Application
Related | XMLElement_getChildCount() XMLElement_getChild()

Updated on October 14, 2007 02:21:03pm PDT