171 DBMS_XMLDOM

The DBMS_XMLDOM package is used to access XMLType objects, and implements the Document Object Model (DOM), an application programming interface for HTML and XML documents.

This chapter contains the following topics:

  • Using DBMS_XMLDOM

    • Overview

    • Security Model

    • Constants

    • Types

    • Exceptions

  • Subprogram Groups

    • DOMNode Subprograms

    • DOMAttr Subprograms

    • DOMCDataSection Subprograms

    • DOMCharacterData Subprograms

    • DOMComment Subprograms

    • DOMDocument Subprograms

    • DOMDocumentFragment Subprograms

    • DOMDocumentType Subprograms

    • DOMElement Subprograms

    • DOMEntity Subprograms

    • DOMEntityReference Subprograms

    • DOMImplementation Subprograms

    • DOMNamedNodeMap Subprograms

    • DOMNodeList Subprograms

    • DOMNotation Subprograms

    • DOMProcessingInstruction Subprograms

    • DOMText Subprograms

  • Summary of DBMS_XMLDOM Subprograms


Using DBMS_XMLDOM


Overview

The Document Object Model (DOM) is an application programming interface (API) for HTML and XML documents. It defines the logical structure of documents, and the manner in which they are accessed and manipulated. In the DOM specification, the term "document" is used in the broad sense. XML is being increasingly used to represent many different kinds of information that may be stored in diverse systems. This information has been traditionally be seen as "data"; nevertheless, XML presents this data as documents, and the DBMS_XMLDOM package allows you access to both schema-based and non schema-based documents.

Note:

  • Before database startup, the read-from and write-to directories in the init.ORA file must be specified; for example: UTL_FILE_DIR=/mypath/insidemypath.

  • Read-from and write-to files must be on the server file system.

With DOM, anything found in an HTML or XML document can be accessed, changed, deleted, or added using the Document Object Model, with a few exceptions. In particular, the DOM interfaces for the XML internal and external subsets have not yet been specified.

One important objective of the W3C DOM specification is to provide a standard programming interface that can be used in a wide variety of environments, programming languages, and applications. Because the DOM standard is object-oriented while PL/SQL is essentially a procedural language, some changes had to be made:

  • Various DOM interfaces such as Node, Element, and others have equivalent PL/SQL types DOMNode, DOMElement, respectively.

  • Various DOMException codes such as WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR, HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR, and others, have similarly named PL/SQL exceptions.

  • Various DOM Node type codes such as ELEMENT_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, and others, have similarly named PL/SQL constants.

  • Subprograms defined on a DOM type become functions or procedures that accept it as a parameter. For example, to perform APPENDCHILD Function on a DOMNode n, the APPENDCHILD FunctionPL/SQL function is provided.

  • To perform setAttribute on a DOMElement elemSETATTRIBUTE Procedures, use PL/SQL procedure .

DOM defines an inheritance hierarchy. For example, Document, Element, and Attr are defined to be subtypes of Node (see Figure 171-1). Thus, a method defined in the Node interface should be available in these as well. Since such inheritance is not supported in PL/SQL, it is implemented through direct invocation of the MAKENODE function. Calling MAKENODE on various DOM types converts these types into a DOMNode. The appropriate functions or procedures that accept DOMNodes can then be called to operate on these types. If, subsequently, type specific functionality is desired, the DOMNode can be converted back into the original type by the makeXXX functions, where DOMXXX is the desired DOM type.

Figure 171-1 Inheritance Diagram for DOM Types

Description of Figure 171-1 follows
Description of "Figure 171-1 Inheritance Diagram for DOM Types"

The implementation of this interface follows the REC-DOM-Level-1-19981001.


Security Model

Owned by XDB, the DBMS_XMLDOM package must be created by SYS or XDB. The EXECUTE privilege is granted to PUBLIC. Subprograms in this package are executed using the privileges of the current user.


Constants

Defined constants of DBMS_XMLDOM are listed in Table 171-1.

Table 171-1 Defined Constants for DBMS_XMLDOM

Constant Type Value Description

ELEMENT_NODE

PLS_INTEGER

1

The Node is an Element.

ATTRIBUTE_NODE

PLS_INTEGER

2

The Node is an Attribute.

TEXT_NODE

PLS_INTEGER

3

The Node is a Text node.

CDATA_SECTION_NODE

PLS_INTEGER

4

The Node is a CDataSection.

ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE

PLS_INTEGER

5

The Node is an Entity Reference.

ENTITY_NODE

PLS_INTEGER

6

The Node is an Entity.

PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE

PLS_INTEGER

7

The Node is a Processing Instruction.

COMMENT_NODE

PLS_INTEGER

8

The Node is a Comment.

DOCUMENT_NODE

PLS_INTEGER

9

The Node is a Document.

DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE

PLS_INTEGER

10

The Node is a Document Type Definition.

DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE

PLS_INTEGER

11

The Node is a Document fragment.

NOTATION_NODE

PLS_INTEGER

12

The Node is a Notation.



Types

The following types for DBMS_XMLDOM.DOMTYPE are defined in Table 171-2:

Table 171-2 XDB_XMLDOM Types

Type Description

DOMATTR

Implements the DOM Attribute interface.

DOMCDATASECTION

Implements the DOM CDataSection interface.

DOMCHARACTERDATA

Implements the DOM Character Data interface.

DOMCOMMENT

Implements the DOM Comment interface.

DOMDOCUMENT

Implements the DOM Document interface.

DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT

Implements the DOM DocumentFragment interface.

DOMDOCUMENTTYPE

Implements the DOM Document Type interface.

DOMELEMENT

Implements the DOM Element interface.

DOMENTITY

Implements the DOM Entity interface.

DOMENTITYREFERENCE

Implements the DOM EntityReference interface.

DOMIMPLEMENTATION

Implements the DOM Implementation interface.

DOMNAMEDNODEMAP

Implements the DOM Named Node Map interface.

DOMNODE

Implements the DOM Node interface.

DOMNODELIST

Implements the DOM NodeList interface.

DOMNOTATION

Implements the DOM Notation interface.

DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION

Implements the DOM Processing instruction interface.

DOMTEXT

Implements the DOM Text interface.



Exceptions

The exceptions listed in Table 171-3 are defined for DBMS_XMLDOM:

Table 171-3 Exceptions for DBMS_XMLDOM

Exception Description

DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR

If the specified range of text does not fit into a DOMString.

HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR

If any node is inserted somewhere it doesn't belong.

INDEX_SIZE_ERR

If index or size is negative, or greater than the allowed value.

INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR

If an attempt is made to add an attribute that is already in use elsewhere.

INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR

If an invalid or illegal character is specified, such as in a name. See production 2 in the XML specification for the definition of a legal character, and production 5 for the definition of a legal name character.

NO_DATA_ALLOWED_ERROR

If data is specified for a node that does not support data.

NOT_FOUND_ERR

If an attempt is made to reference a node in a context where it does not exist.

NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR

If an attempt is made to modify an object where modifications are not allowed.

NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR

If the implementation does not support the requested type of object or operation.

WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR

If a node is used in a different document than the one that created it (that doesn't support it).



Subprogram Groups

DBMS_XMLDOM subprograms are divided into groups according to W3C Interfaces.


DOMNode Subprograms

Table 171-4 Summary of DOMNode Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Subprogram Description

ADOPTNODE Function

Adopts a node from another document

APPENDCHILD Function

Appends a new child to the node

CLONENODE Function

Clones the node

FREENODE Procedure

Frees all resources associated with the node

GETATTRIBUTES Function

Retrieves the attributes of the node

GETCHILDNODES Function

Retrieves the children of the node

GETEXPANDEDNAME Procedure and Functions

Retrieves the expanded name of the node

GETFIRSTCHILD Function

Retrieves the first child of the node

GETLASTCHILD Function

Retrieves the last child of the node

GETLOCALNAME Procedure and Functions

Retrieves the local part of the qualified name

GETNAMESPACE Procedure and Functions

Retrieves the node's namespace URI

GETNEXTSIBLING Function

Retrieves the next sibling of the node

GETNODENAME Function

Retrieves the Name of the Node

GETNODETYPE Function

Retrieves the Type of the node

GETNODEVALUE Function

Retrieves the Value of the Node

GETNODEVALUEASBINARYSTREAM Function & Procedure

Retrieves Node Value as binary stream

GETNODEVALUEASCHARACTERSTREAM Function & Procedure

Retrieves Node Value as character stream

GETOWNERDOCUMENT Function

Retrieves the owner document of the node

GETPARENTNODE Function

Retrieves the parent of this node

GETPREFIX Function

Retrieves the namespace prefix

GETPREVIOUSSIBLING Function

Retrieves the previous sibling of the node

GETSCHEMANODE Function

Retrieves the associated schema URI

HASATTRIBUTES Function

Tests if the node has attributes

HASCHILDNODES Function

Tests if the node has child nodes

IMPORTNODE Function

Imports a node from another document

INSERTBEFORE Function

Inserts a child before the reference child

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the node is NULL

MAKEATTR Function

Casts the node to an Attribute

MAKECDATASECTION Function

Casts the node to a CData Section

MAKECHARACTERDATA Function

Casts the node to Character Data

MAKECOMMENT Function

Casts the node to a Comment

MAKEDOCUMENT Function

Casts the node to a DOM Document

MAKEDOCUMENTFRAGMENT Function

Casts the node to a DOM Document Fragment

MAKEDOCUMENTTYPE Function

Casts the node to a DOM Document Type

MAKEELEMENT Function

Casts the node to a DOM Element

MAKEENTITY Function

Casts the node to a DOM Entity

MAKEENTITYREFERENCE Function

Casts the node to a DOM Entity Reference

MAKENOTATION Function

Casts the node to a DOM Notation

MAKEPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION Function

Casts the node to a DOM Processing Instruction

MAKETEXT Function

Casts the node to a DOM Text

REMOVECHILD Function

Removes a specified child from a node

REPLACECHILD Function

Replaces the old child with a new child

SETNODEVALUE Procedure

Sets the Value of the node

SETNODEVALUEASBINARYSTREAM Function & Procedure

Sets the Node Value as binary stream

SETNODEVALUEASCHARACTERSTREAM Function & Procedure

Sets the Node Value as a character stream

SETPREFIX Procedure

Sets the namespace prefix

USEBINARYSTREAM Function

Establishes that the stream is valid

WRITETOBUFFER Procedures

Writes the contents of the node to a buffer

WRITETOCLOB Procedures

Writes the contents of the node to a CLOB

WRITETOFILE Procedures

Writes the contents of the node to a file



DOMAttr Subprograms

Table 171-5 Summary of DOMAttr Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

GETEXPANDEDNAME Procedure and Functions

Retrieves the expanded name of the attribute

GETLOCALNAME Procedure and Functions

Retrieves the local name of the attribute

GETNAME Functions

Retrieves the name of the attribute

GETNAMESPACE Procedure and Functions

Retrieves the NS URI of the attribute

GETOWNERELEMENT Function

Retrieves the Element node, parent of the attribute

GETQUALIFIEDNAME Functions

Retrieves the Qualified Name of the attribute

GETSPECIFIED Function

Tests if attribute was specified in the element

GETVALUE Function

Retrieves the value of the attribute

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the Attribute node is NULL

MAKENODE Functions

Casts the Attribute to a node

SETVALUE Procedure

Sets the value of the attribute



DOMCDataSection Subprograms

Table 171-6 Summary of DOMCdata Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the CDataSection is NULL

MAKENODE Functions

Casts the CDatasection to a node



DOMCharacterData Subprograms

Table 171-7 Summary of DOMCharacterData Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

APPENDDATA Procedure

Appends the specified data to the node data

DELETEDATA Procedure

Deletes the data from the specified offSets

GETDATA Functions

Retrieves the data of the node

GETLENGTH Functions

Retrieves the length of the data

INSERTDATA Procedure

Inserts the data in the node at the specified offSets

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the CharacterData is NULL

MAKENODE Functions

Casts the CharacterData to a node

REPLACEDATA Procedure

Changes a range of characters in the node

SETDATA Procedures

Sets the data to the node

SUBSTRINGDATA Function

Retrieves the substring of the data



DOMComment Subprograms

Table 171-8 Summary of DOMComment Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the comment is NULL

MAKENODE Functions

Casts the Comment to a node



DOMDocument Subprograms

Table 171-9 Summary of DOMDocument Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

CREATEATTRIBUTE Functions

Creates an Attribute

CREATECDATASECTION Function

Creates a CDataSection node

CREATECOMMENT Function

Creates a Comment node

CREATEDOCUMENT Function

Creates a new Document

CREATEDOCUMENTFRAGMENT Function

Creates a new Document Fragment

CREATEELEMENT Functions

Creates a new Element

CREATEENTITYREFERENCE Function

Creates an Entity reference

CREATEPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION Function

Creates a Processing Instruction

CREATETEXTNODE Function

Creates a Text node

FREEDOCFRAG Procedure

Frees the document fragment

FREEDOCUMENT Procedure

Frees the document

GETCHARSET Function

Retrieves the characterset of the DOM document

GETDOCTYPE Function

Retrieves the DTD of the document

GETDOCUMENTELEMENT Function

Retrieves the root element of the document

GETELEMENTSBYTAGNAME Functions

Retrieves

  • the elements in the DOMNODELIST by tag name

  • elements in the subtree of a DOMNODELIST by tagname

GETIMPLEMENTATION Function

Retrieves the DOM implementation

GETSTANDALONE Function

Retrieves the standalone property of the document

GETVERSION Function

Retrieves the version of the document

GETXMLTYPE Function

Retrieves the XMLType associated with the DOM Document

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the document is NULL

MAKENODE Functions

Casts the document to a node

NEWDOMDOCUMENT Functions

Creates a new document

SETCHARSET Procedure

Sets the characterset of the DOM document

SETDOCTYPE Procedure

Sets the DTD of the document

SETSTANDALONE Procedure

Sets the standalone property of the document

SETVERSION Procedure

Sets the version of the document

WRITETOBUFFER Procedures

Writes the document to a buffer

WRITETOCLOB Procedures

Writes the document to a CLOB

WRITETOFILE Procedures

Writes the document to a file



DOMDocumentFragment Subprograms

Table 171-10 Summary of DOMDocumentFragment Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

FREEDOCFRAG Procedure

Frees the specified document fragment

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the DocumentFragment is NULL

MAKENODE Functions

Casts the Document Fragment to a node

WRITETOBUFFER Procedures

Writes the contents of a document fragment into a buffer



DOMDocumentType Subprograms

Table 171-11 Summary of DOMDocumentType Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

FINDENTITY Function

Finds the specified entity in the document type

FINDNOTATION Function

Finds the specified notation in the document type

GETENTITIES Function

Retrieves the nodemap of entities in the Document type

GETNAME Functions

Retrieves the name of the Document type

GETNOTATIONS Function

Retrieves the nodemap of the notations in the Document type

GETPUBLICID Functions

Retrieves the public ID of the document type

GETSYSTEMID Functions

Retrieves the system ID of the document type

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the Document Type is NULL

MAKENODE Functions

Casts the document type to a node



DOMElement Subprograms

Table 171-12 Summary of DOMElement Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

FREEELEMENT Procedure

Frees memory allocated to a DOMElement handle

GETATTRIBUTE Functions

Retrieves the attribute node by name

GETATTRIBUTENODE Functions

Retrieves the attribute node by name

GETCHILDRENBYTAGNAME Functions

Retrieves children of the element by tag name

GETELEMENTSBYTAGNAME Functions

Retrieves

  • the elements in the DOMNODELIST by tag name

  • elements in the subtree of a DOMNODELIST by tagname

GETEXPANDEDNAME Procedure and Functions

Retrieves the expanded name of the element

GETLOCALNAME Procedure and Functions

Retrieves the local name of the element

GETNAMESPACE Procedure and Functions

Retrieves the NS URI of the element

GETQUALIFIEDNAME Functions

Retrieves the qualified name of the element

GETTAGNAME Function

Retrieves the Tag name of the element

HASATTRIBUTE Functions

Tests if an attribute exists

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the Element is NULL

MAKENODE Functions

Casts the Element to a node

NORMALIZE Procedure

Normalizes the text children of the element

REMOVEATTRIBUTE Procedures

Removes the attribute specified by the name

REMOVEATTRIBUTENODE Function

Removes the attribute node in the element

RESOLVENAMESPACEPREFIX Function

Resolve the prefix to a namespace URI

SETATTRIBUTE Procedures

Sets the attribute specified by the name

SETATTRIBUTENODE Functions

Sets the attribute node in the element



DOMEntity Subprograms

Table 171-13 Summary of DOMEntity Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

GETNOTATIONNAME Function

Retrieves the notation name of the entity

GETPUBLICID Functions

Retrieves the public Id of the entity

GETSYSTEMID Functions

Retrieves the system Id of the entity

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the Entity is NULL

MAKENODE Functions

Casts the Entity to a node



DOMEntityReference Subprograms

Table 171-14 Summary of DOMEntityReference Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the DOMEntityReference is NULL

MAKENODE Functions

Casts the DOMEntityReference to NULL



DOMImplementation Subprograms

Table 171-15 Summary of DOMImplementation Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the DOMImplementation node is NULL

HASFEATURE Function

Tests if the DOMImplementation implements a feature



DOMNamedNodeMap Subprograms

Table 171-16 Summary of DOMNamedNodeMap Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

GETLENGTH Functions

Retrieves the number of items in the map

GETNAMEDITEM Function

Retrieves the item specified by the name

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the NamedNodeMap is NULL

ITEM Functions

Retrieves the item given the index in the map

REMOVENAMEDITEM Function

Removes the item specified by name

SETNAMEDITEM Function

Sets the item in the map specified by the name



DOMNodeList Subprograms

Table 171-17 Summary of DOMNodeList Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

FREENODELIST Procedure

Frees all resources associated with a nodelist

GETLENGTH Functions

Retrieves the number of items in the list

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the NodeList is NULL

ITEM Functions

Retrieves the item given the index in the list



DOMNotation Subprograms

Table 171-18 Summary of DOMNotation Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

GETPUBLICID Functions

Retrieves the public Id of the notation

GETSYSTEMID Functions

Retrieves the system Id of the notation

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the Notation is NULL

MAKENODE Functions

Casts the notation to a node



DOMProcessingInstruction Subprograms

Table 171-19 Summary of DOMProcessingInstruction Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

GETDATA Functions

Retrieves the data of the processing instruction

GETTARGET Function

Retrieves the target of the processing instruction

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the Processing Instruction is NULL

MAKENODE Functions

Casts the Processing Instruction to a node

SETDATA Procedures

Sets the data of the processing instruction



DOMText Subprograms

Table 171-20 Summary of DOMText Subprograms; DBMS_XMLDOM

Method Description

ISNULL Functions

Tests if the text is NULL

MAKENODE Functions

Casts the text to a node

SPLITTEXT Function

Splits the contents of the text node into 2 text nodes



Summary of DBMS_XMLDOM Subprograms

Table 171-21 Summary of DBMS_XMLDOM Package Subprogram

Subprogram Description Group

ADOPTNODE Function

Adopts a node from another document

DOMNode Subprograms

APPENDCHILD Function

Appends a new child to the node

DOMNode Subprograms

APPENDDATA Procedure

Appends the specified data to the node data

DOMCharacterData Subprograms

CLONENODE Function

Clones the node

DOMNode Subprograms

CREATEATTRIBUTE Functions

Creates an Attribute

DOMDocument Subprograms

CREATECDATASECTION Function

Creates a CDataSection node

DOMDocument Subprograms

CREATECOMMENT Function

Creates a Comment node

DOMDocument Subprograms

CREATEDOCUMENT Function

Creates a new Document

DOMDocument Subprograms

CREATEDOCUMENTFRAGMENT Function

Creates a new Document Fragment

DOMDocument Subprograms

CREATEELEMENT Functions

Creates a new Element

DOMDocument Subprograms

CREATEENTITYREFERENCE Function

Creates an Entity reference

DOMDocument Subprograms

CREATEPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION Function

Creates a Processing Instruction

DOMDocument Subprograms

CREATETEXTNODE Function

Creates a Text node

DOMDocument Subprograms

DELETEDATA Procedure

Deletes the data from the specified offSets

DOMCharacterData Subprograms

FINDENTITY Function

Finds the specified entity in the document type

DOMDocumentType Subprograms

FINDNOTATION Function

Finds the specified notation in the document type

DOMDocumentType Subprograms

FREEDOCFRAG Procedure

Frees the document fragment

DOMDocument Subprograms and DOMDocumentFragment Subprograms

FREEDOCUMENT Procedure

Frees the document

DOMDocument Subprograms

FREEELEMENT Procedure

Frees memory allocated to a DOMElement handle

DOMElement Subprograms

FREENODE Procedure

Frees all resources associated with the node

DOMNode Subprograms

FREENODELIST Procedure

Frees all resources associated with a nodelist

DOMNodeList Subprograms

GETATTRIBUTE Functions

Retrieves the attribute node by name

DOMElement Subprograms

GETATTRIBUTENODE Functions

Retrieves the attribute node by name

DOMElement Subprograms

GETATTRIBUTES Function

Retrieves the attributes of the node

DOMNode Subprograms

GETCHARSET Function

Retrieves the characterset of the DOM document

DOMDocument Subprograms

GETCHILDNODES Function

Retrieves the children of the node

DOMNode Subprograms

GETCHILDRENBYTAGNAME Functions

Retrieves children of the element by tag name

DOMCharacterData Subprograms

GETDATA Functions

Retrieves

  • the data of the node

  • the data of the processing instruction

GETDOCTYPE Function

Retrieves the DTD of the document

DOMDocument Subprograms

GETDOCUMENTELEMENT Function

Retrieves the root element of the document

DOMDocument Subprograms

GETELEMENTSBYTAGNAME Functions

Retrieves

  • the elements in the DOMNODELIST by tag name

  • elements in the subtree of a DOMNODELIST by tagname

GETENTITIES Function

Retrieves the nodemap of entities in the Document type

DOMDocumentType Subprograms

GETEXPANDEDNAME Procedure and Functions

Retrieves

  • the expanded name of the node

  • the expanded name of the attribute

  • the expanded name of the element

GETFIRSTCHILD Function

Retrieves the first child of the node

DOMNode Subprograms

GETIMPLEMENTATION Function

Retrieves the DOM implementation

DOMDocument Subprograms

GETLASTCHILD Function

Retrieves the last child of the node

DOMNode Subprograms

GETLENGTH Functions

Retrieves

  • the length of the data

  • the number of items in the map

  • the number of items in the list

GETLOCALNAME Procedure and Functions

Retrieves

  • the local part of the qualified name

  • the local name of the attribute

  • the local name of the element

GETNAME Functions

Retrieves

  • the name of the attribute

  • the name of the Document type

GETNAMEDITEM Function

Retrieves

  • an item specified by name

  • and namespace URI )

GETNAMESPACE Procedure and Functions

Retrieves

  • the node's namespace URI

  • the NS URI of the attribute

  • the NS URI of the element

GETNEXTSIBLING Function

Retrieves the next sibling of the node

DOMNode Subprograms

GETNODENAME Function

Retrieves the Name of the Node

DOMNode Subprograms

GETNODETYPE Function

Retrieves the Type of the node

DOMNode Subprograms

GETNODEVALUE Function

Retrieves the Value of the Node

DOMNode Subprograms

GETNODEVALUEASBINARYSTREAM Function & Procedure

Retrieves the Node Value as binary stream

DOMNode Subprograms

GETNODEVALUEASCHARACTERSTREAM Function & Procedure

Retrieves the Node Value as character stream

DOMNode Subprograms

GETNOTATIONNAME Function

Retrieves the notation name of the entity

DOMEntity Subprograms

GETNOTATIONS Function

Retrieves the nodemap of the notations in the Document type

DOMDocumentType Subprograms

GETTARGET Function

Retrieves the target of the processing instruction

DOMProcessingInstruction Subprograms

GETOWNERDOCUMENT Function

Retrieves the owner document of the node

DOMNode Subprograms

GETOWNERELEMENT Function

Retrieves the Element node, parent of the attribute

DOMAttr Subprograms

GETPARENTNODE Function

Retrieves the parent of this node

DOMNode Subprograms

GETPREFIX Function

Retrieves the namespace prefix

)

DOMNode Subprograms

GETPREVIOUSSIBLING Function

Retrieves the previous sibling of the node

DOMNode Subprograms

GETPUBLICID Functions

Retrieves

  • the public ID of the document type

  • the public Id of the entity

  • the public Id of the notation

GETQUALIFIEDNAME Functions

Retrieves

  • the Qualified Name of the attribute

  • the qualified name of the element

GETSCHEMANODE Function

Retrieves the associated schema URI

DOMNode Subprograms

GETSPECIFIED Function

Tests if attribute was specified in the element.

DOMAttr Subprograms

GETSTANDALONE Function

Retrieves the standalone property of the document

DOMDocument Subprograms

GETSYSTEMID Functions

Retrieves

  • the system ID of the document type

  • the system Id of the entity

  • the system Id of the notation

GETTAGNAME Function

Retrieves the Tag name of the element

DOMElement Subprograms

GETVALUE Function

Retrieves the value of the attribute

DOMAttr Subprograms

GETVERSION Function

Retrieves the version of the document

DOMDocument Subprograms)

GETXMLTYPE Function

Retrieves the XMLType associated with the DOM Document

DOMDocument Subprograms

HASATTRIBUTES Function

Tests if the node has attributes

DOMNode Subprograms

HASATTRIBUTE Functions

Tests if an attribute exists

DOMElement Subprograms

HASCHILDNODES Function

Tests if the node has child nodes

DOMNode Subprograms

HASFEATURE Function

Tests if the DOMImplementation implements a feature

DOMImplementation Subprograms

IMPORTNODE Function

Imports a node from another document

DOMNode Subprograms

INSERTBEFORE Function

Inserts a child before the reference child

DOMNode Subprograms

INSERTDATA Procedure

Inserts the data in the node at the specified offSets

DOMCharacterData Subprograms

ISNULL Functions

Tests

  • if the node is NULL

  • if the Attribute node is NULL

  • if the CDataSection is NULL

  • if the CharacterData is NULL

  • if the comment is NULL

  • if the document is NULL

  • if the DocumentFragment is NULL

  • if the Document Type is NULL

  • if the Element is NULL

  • if the Entity is NULL

  • if the DOMEntityReference is NULL

  • if the DOMImplementation node is NULL

  • if the NamedNodeMap is NULL

  • if the NodeList is NULL

  • if the Notation is NULL

  • if the Processing Instruction is NULL

  • if the text is NULL

ITEM Functions

Retrieves

  • the item given the index in the map

  • the item given the index in the NodeList

MAKEATTR Function

Casts the node to an Attribute

DOMNode Subprograms

MAKECDATASECTION Function

Casts the node to a CData Section

DOMNode Subprograms

MAKECHARACTERDATA Function

Casts the node to Character Data

DOMNode Subprograms

MAKECOMMENT Function

Casts the node to a Comment

DOMNode Subprograms

MAKEDOCUMENT Function

Casts the node to a DOM Document

DOMNode Subprograms

MAKEDOCUMENTFRAGMENT Function

Casts the node to a DOM Document Fragment

DOMNode Subprograms)

MAKEDOCUMENTTYPE Function

Casts the node to a DOM Document Type

DOMNode Subprograms

MAKEELEMENT Function

Casts the node to a DOM ElemenT

DOMNode Subprograms

MAKEENTITY Function

Casts the node to a DOM Entity

DOMNode Subprograms

MAKEENTITYREFERENCE Function

Casts the node to a DOM Entity Reference

DOMNode Subprograms

MAKENODE Functions

Casts

  • the Attribute to a node

  • the CDatasection to a node

  • the CharacterData to a node

  • the Comment to a node

  • the document to a node

  • the Document Fragment to a node

  • the document type to a node

  • the Element to a node

  • the Entity to a node

  • the DOMEntityReference to NULL

  • the notation to a node

  • the Processing Instruction to a node

  • the text to a node

MAKENOTATION Function

Casts the node to a DOM Notation

DOMNode Subprograms

MAKEPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION Function

Casts the node to a DOM Processing Instruction

DOMNode Subprograms

MAKETEXT Function

Casts the node to a DOM Text

DOMNode Subprograms

NEWDOMDOCUMENT Functions

Creates a new document

DOMDocument Subprograms

NORMALIZE Procedure

Normalizes the text children of the element

DOMElement Subprograms

REMOVEATTRIBUTE Procedures

Removes the attribute specified by the name

DOMElement Subprograms

REMOVEATTRIBUTENODE Function

Removes the attribute node in the element

DOMElement Subprograms

REMOVECHILD Function

Removes a specified child from a node

DOMNode Subprograms

REMOVENAMEDITEM Function

Removes the item specified by name

DOMNamedNodeMap Subprograms

REPLACECHILD Function

Replaces the old child with a new child

DOMNode Subprograms

REPLACEDATA Procedure

Changes a range of characters in the node

DOMCharacterData Subprograms

RESOLVENAMESPACEPREFIX Function

Resolve the prefix to a namespace URI

DOMElement Subprograms

SETATTRIBUTE Procedures

Sets the attribute specified by the name

DOMElement Subprograms

SETATTRIBUTENODE Functions

Sets the attribute node in the element

DOMElement Subprograms

SETCHARSET Procedure

Sets the characterset of the DOM document

DOMDocument Subprograms

SETDATA Procedures

Sets

  • the data to the node

  • the data of the processing instruction

SETDOCTYPE Procedure

Sets the DTD of the document.

DOMDocument Subprograms

SETNAMEDITEM Function

Sets the item in the map specified by the name

DOMNamedNodeMap Subprograms

SETNODEVALUE Procedure

Sets the Value of the node

DOMNode Subprograms

SETNODEVALUEASBINARYSTREAM Function & Procedure

Sets the Node Value as a binary stream

DOMNode Subprograms

SETNODEVALUEASCHARACTERSTREAM Function & Procedure

Sets the Node Value as a character stream

DOMNode Subprograms

SETPREFIX Procedure

Sets the namespace prefix

DOMNode Subprograms

SETSTANDALONE Procedure

Sets the standalone property of the document

DOMDocument Subprograms

SETVALUE Procedure

Sets the value of the attribute

DOMAttr Subprograms

SETVERSION Procedure

Sets the version of the document

DOMDocument Subprograms

SPLITTEXT Function

Splits the contents of the text node into 2 text nodes

DOMText Subprograms

SUBSTRINGDATA Function

Retrieves the substring of the data

DOMCharacterData Subprograms

USEBINARYSTREAM Function

Strabismus that the stream is valid for use

DOMNode Subprograms

WRITETOBUFFER Procedures

Writes

  • the contents of the node to a buffer

  • the document to a buffer

  • the contents of a document fragment into a buffer

WRITETOCLOB Procedures

Writes

  • the contents of the node to a CLOB

  • the document to a CLOB

WRITETOFILE Procedures

Writes

  • the contents of the node to a file

  • the document to a file



ADOPTNODE Function

This function adopts a node from another document, and returns this new node.

See Also:

DOMNode Subprograms for other subprograms in this group

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.ADOPTNODE(
   doc            IN   DOMDocument,
   importedNode   IN   DOMNode)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Parameters

Table 171-22 ADOPTNODE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

Document that is adopting the node

importedNode

Node to adopt


Usage Notes

Note that the ADOPTNODE Function removes the node from the source document while the IMPORTNODE Function clones the node in the source document.


APPENDCHILD Function

This function adds the node newchild to the end of the list of children of this node, and returns the newly added node. If the newchild is already in the tree, it is first removed.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.APPENDCHILD(
   n          IN    DOMNode,
   newchild   IN    DOMNode)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Parameters

Table 171-23 APPENDCHILD Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNode

newchild

The child to be appended to the list of children of node n



APPENDDATA Procedure

This procedure appends the string to the end of the character data of the node. Upon success, data provides access to the concatenation of data and the specified string argument.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.APPENDDATA(
   cd      IN    DOMCHARACTERDATA, 
   arg     IN    VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-24 APPENDDATA Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

cd

DOMCHARACTERDATA

arg

The data to append to the existing data



CLONENODE Function

This function returns a duplicate of this node, and serves as a generic copy constructor for nodes. The duplicate node has no parent, its parent node is NULL.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.CLONENODE(
   n       IN    DOMNODE,
   deep    IN    BOOLEAN)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Parameters

Table 171-25 CLONENODE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE

deep

Determines if children are to be cloned


Usage Notes

  • Cloning an Element copies all attributes and their values, including those generated by the XML processor to represent defaulted attributes, but this method does not copy any text it contains unless it is a deep clone, since the text is contained in a child Text node.

  • Cloning an Attribute directly, as opposed to be cloned as part of an Element cloning operation, returns a specified attribute (specified is TRUE).

  • Cloning any other type of node simply returns a copy of this node.


CREATEATTRIBUTE Functions

This function creates a DOMATTR node.

Syntax

Creates a DOMATTR with the specified name:

DBMS_XMLDOM.CREATEATTRIBUTE(
   doc     IN    DOMDOCUMENT,
   name    IN    VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMATTR;

Creates a DOMATTR with the specified name and namespace URI:

DBMS_XMLDOM.CREATEATTRIBUTE(
   doc     IN    DOMDOCUMENT,
   qname    IN    VARCHAR2,
   ns      IN     VARCHAR2)
RETURN DOMATTR;

Parameters

Table 171-26 CREATEATTRIBUTE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT

qname

New attribute qualified name

ns

Namespace



CREATECDATASECTION Function

This function creates a DOMCDATASECTION node.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.CREATECDATASECTION(
   doc     IN      DOMDOCUMENT,
   data    IN      VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMCDATASECTION;

Parameters

Table 171-27 CREATECDATASECTION Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT

data

Content of the DOMCDATASECTION node



CREATECOMMENT Function

This function creates a DOMCOMMENT node.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.CREATECOMMENT(
   doc      IN      DOMDOCUMENT,
   data     IN      VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMCOMMENT;

Parameters

Table 171-28 CREATECOMMENT Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT

data

Content of the DOMComment node



CREATEDOCUMENT Function

This function creates a DOMDOCUMENT with specified namespace URI, root element name, DTD.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.CREATEDOCUMENT(
   namespaceURI      IN     VARCHAR2,
   qualifiedName     IN     VARCHAR2,
   doctype           IN     DOMTYPE := NULL)
 RETURN DOMDOCUMENT;

Parameters

Table 171-29 CREATEDOCUMENT Function Parameters

Parameter Description

namespaceURI

Namespace URI

qualifiedName

Root element name

doctype

Document type



CREATEDOCUMENTFRAGMENT Function

This function creates a DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.CREATEDOCUMENTFRAGMENT(
   doc      IN     DOMDOCUMENT)
 RETURN DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT;

Parameters

Table 171-30 CREATEDOCUMENTFRAGMENT Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDocument



CREATEELEMENT Functions

This function creates a DOMELEMENT.

Syntax

Creates a DOMElement with specified name:

DBMS_XMLDOM.CREATEELEMENT(
   doc        IN      DOMDOCUMENT,
   tagName    IN      VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMELEMENT;

Creates a DOMElement with specified name and namespace URI:

DBMS_XMLDOM.CREATEELEMENT(
   doc        IN     DOMDOCUMENT,
   tagName    IN     VARCHAR2,
   ns         IN     VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMELEMENT;

Parameters

Table 171-31 CREATEELEMENT Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT

tagName

Tagname for new DOMELEMENT

ns

Namespace



CREATEENTITYREFERENCE Function

This function creates a DOMENTITYREFERENCE node.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.CREATEENTITYREFERENCE(
   doc        IN     DOMDOCUMENT,
   name       IN     VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMENTITYREFERENCE;

Parameters

Table 171-32 CREATEENTITYREFERENCE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT

name

New entity reference name



CREATEPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION Function

This function creates a DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION node.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.CREATEPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION(
   doc       IN      DOMDocument,
   target    IN      VARCHAR2,
   data      IN      VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION;

Parameters

Table 171-33 CREATEPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT

target

Target of the new processing instruction

data

Content data of the new processing instruction



CREATETEXTNODE Function

This function creates a DOMTEXT node.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.CREATETEXTNODE(
   doc      IN     DOMDocument,
   data     IN     VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMTEXT;

Parameters

Table 171-34 CREATETEXTNODE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT

data

Content of the DOMText node



DELETEDATA Procedure

This procedure removes a range of characters from the node. Upon success, data and length reflect the change.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.DELETEDATA(
   cd        IN     DOMCHARACTERDATA,
   offset    IN     NUMBER,
   cnt       IN     NUMBER);

Parameters

Table 171-35 DELETEDATA PROCEDURE Parameters

Parameter Description

cd

DOMCHARACTERDATA

offset

The offset from which to delete the data

cnt

The number of characters (starting from offset) to delete



FINDENTITY Function

This function finds an entity in the specified DTD, and returns that entity if found.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.FINDENTITY(
   dt     IN     DOMDOCUMENTTYPE,
   name   IN     VARCHAR2,
   par    IN     BOOLEAN) 
 RETURN  DOMENTITY;

Parameters

Table 171-36 FINDENTITY Function Parameters

Parameter Description

dt

The DTD

name

Entity to find

par

Flag to indicate type of entity; TRUE for parameter entity and FALSE for normal entity



FINDNOTATION Function

This function finds the notation in the specified DTD, and returns it, if found.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.FINDNOTATION(
   dt        IN     DOMDocumentType,
   name      IN     VARCHAR2) 
 RETURN DOMNOTATION;

Parameters

Table 171-37 FINDNOTATION Function Parameters

Parameter Description

dt

The DTD

name

The notation to find



FREEDOCFRAG Procedure

This procedure frees the specified document fragment.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.FREEDOCFRAG(
   df    IN    DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT);

Parameters

Table 171-38 FREEDOCFRAG Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

df

DOM document fragment



FREEDOCUMENT Procedure

This procedure frees DOMDOCUMENT object.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.FREEDOCUMENT(
   doc     IN     DOMDOCUMENT);

Parameters

Table 171-39 FREEDOCUMENT Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT



FREEELEMENT Procedure

This procedure frees memory allocated to a DOMElement handle.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.FREENODE(
   elem      IN     DOMELEMENT);

Parameters

Table 171-40 FREENODE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

elem

Of type DOMELEMENT



FREENODE Procedure

This procedure frees all resources associated with a DOMNODE.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.FREENODE(
   n      IN     DOMNODE);

Parameters

Table 171-41 FREENODE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



FREENODELIST Procedure

This procedure frees all resources associated with a nodelist.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.FREENODE(
   nl    IN    DOMNodeList);

Parameters

Table 171-42 FREENODE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

nl

Of type DOMNODELIST



GETATTRIBUTE Functions

This function returns the value of an attribute of an DOMELEMENT by name.

Syntax

Returns the value of a DOMELEMENT's attribute by name:

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETATTRIBUTE(
   elem       IN      DOMELEMENT,
   name       IN      VARCHAR2)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Returns the value of a DOMELEMENT's attribute by name and namespace URI:

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETATTRIBUTE(
   elem      IN     DOMELEMENT,
   name      IN     VARCHAR2,
   ns        IN     VARCHAR2)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-43 GETATTRIBUTE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

elem

The DOMELEMENT

name

Attribute name

ns

Namespace



GETATTRIBUTENODE Functions

This function returns an attribute node from the DOMELEMENT by name. The function is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Returns an attribute node from the DOMELEMENT by name:

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETATTRIBUTENODE(
   elem      IN     DOMElement,
   name      IN     VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMATTR;

Returns an attribute node from the DOMELEMENT by name and namespace URI:

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETATTRIBUTENODE(
   elem      IN     DOMElement,
   name      IN     VARCHAR2,
   ns        IN     VARCHAR2)
RETURN DOMATTR;

Parameters

Table 171-44 GETATTRIBUTENODE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

elem

The DOMELEMENT

name

Attribute name; * matches any attribute

ns

Namespace



GETATTRIBUTES Function

This function retrieves a NAMEDNODEMAP containing the attributes of this node (if it is an Element) or NULL otherwise.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETATTRIBUTES(
   n      IN      DOMNode)
 RETURN DOMNAMEDNODEMAP;

Parameters

Table 171-45 GETATTRIBUTES Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



GETCHARSET Function

This function retrieves the characterset of the DOM document.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETCHARSET(
   doc IN    DOMDocument)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-46 GETCHARSET Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOM document


Usage Notes

For a newly parsed document, we return the database characterset. Once the SETCHARSET Procedure is called with a non-NULL value for charset, that charset is returned.


GETCHILDNODES Function

This function retrieves a DOMNODELIST that contains all children of this node. If there are no children, this is a DOMNODELIST containing no nodes.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETCHILDNODES(
   n      IN    DOMNode)
 RETURN DOMNodeList;

Parameters

Table 171-47 GETCHILDNODES Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



GETCHILDRENBYTAGNAME Functions

This function returns the children of the DOMELEMENT.

Syntax

Returns children of the DOMELEMENT given the tag name:

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETCHILDRENBYTAGNAME(
   elem      IN      DOMElement, 
   name      IN      VARCHAR2) 
 RETURN DOMNODELIST;

Returns children of the DOMELEMENT given the tag name and namespace:

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETCHILDRENBYTAGNAME(
   elem      IN      DOMElement, 
   name      IN      VARCHAR2, 
   ns        IN      VARCHAR2) 
RETURN DOMNODELIST;

Parameters

Table 171-48 GETCHILDRENBYTAGNAME Function Parameters

Parameter Description

elem

DOMELEMENT

name

Tag name

ns

Namespace



GETDATA Functions

This function is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Gets the character data of the node that implements this interface (See Also: DOMCharacterData Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETDATA(
   cd      IN    DOMCHARACTERDATA)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Returns the content data of the DOMProcessingInstruction (See Also: DOMProcessingInstruction Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETDATA(
   pi      IN    DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-49 GETDATA Function Parameters

Parameter Description

cd

DOMCHARACTERDATA

pi

The DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION



GETDOCTYPE Function

This function returns the DTD associated to the DOMDOCUMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETDOCTYPE(
   doc      IN     DOMDOCUMENT)
RETURN DOMDOCUMENTTYPE;

Parameters

Table 171-50 GETDOCTYPE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT



GETDOCUMENTELEMENT Function

This function returns the root element of the DOMDOCUMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETDOCUMENTELEMENT(
   doc      IN      DOMDOCUMENT)
 RETURN DOMELEMENT;

Parameters

Table 171-51 GETDOCUMENTELEMENT Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT



GETELEMENTSBYTAGNAME Functions

This function is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Returns a DOMNODELIST of all the elements with a specified tagname (See Also: DOMDocument Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETELEMENTSBYTAGNAME(
   doc         IN      DOMDOCUMENT,
   tagname     IN      VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMNODELIST;

Returns the element children of the DOMELEMENT given the tag name (See Also: DOMElement Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETELEMENTSBYTAGNAME(
   elem      IN     DOMELEMENT,
   name      IN     VARCHAR2) 
 RETURN DOMNODELIST;

Returns the element children of the DOMELEMENT given the tag name and namespace (See Also: DOMElement Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETELEMENTSBYTAGNAME(
   elem      IN     DOMELEMENT,
   name      IN     VARCHAR2, 
   ns        IN     VARCHAR2) 
 RETURN DOMNODELIST;

Parameters

Table 171-52 GETELEMENTSBYTAGNAME Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT

tagname

Name of the tag to match on

elem

The DOMELEMENT

name

Tag name; using a wildcard(*) would match any tag

ns

Namespace



GETENTITIES Function

This function retrieves a DOMNAMEDNODEMAP containing the general entities, both external and internal, declared in the DTD.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETENTITIES(
   dt      IN     DOMDocumentType)
 RETURN DOMNAMEDNODEMAP;

Parameters

Table 171-53 GETENTITIES Function Parameters

Parameter Description

dt

DOMDOCUMENTTYPE



GETEXPANDEDNAME Procedure and Functions

This subprogram is overloaded as a procedure and two functions. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Retrieves the expanded name of the Node if is in an Element or Attribute type; otherwise, returns NULL (See Also: DOMNode Subprograms)

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETEXPANDEDNAME(
   n       IN      DOMNODE
   data    OUT     VARCHAR);

Returns the expanded name of the DOMAttr (See Also: DOMAttr Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETEXPANDEDNAME(
   a       IN     DOMAttr)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Returns the expanded name of the DOMElement (See Also: DOMElement Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETEXPANDEDNAME(
   elem      IN    DOMELEMENT)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-54 GETEXPANDEDNAME Procedure and Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE

data

Returned expanded name of the Node

a

DOMATTR

elem

DOMELEMENT



GETFIRSTCHILD Function

This function retrieves the first child of this node. If there is no such node, this returns NULL.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETFIRSTCHILD(
   n      IN      DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Parameters

Table 171-55 GETFIRSTCHILD Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



GETIMPLEMENTATION Function

This function returns the DOMIMPLEMENTATION object that handles this DOMDOCUMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETIMPLEMENTATION(
   doc      IN     DOMDOCUMENT)
 RETURN DOMIMPLEMENTATION;

Parameters

Table 171-56 GETIMPLEMENTATION Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT



GETLASTCHILD Function

This function retrieves the last child of this node. If there is no such node, this returns NULL.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETLASTCHILD(
   n     IN   DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Parameters

Table 171-57 GETLASTCHILD Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



GETLENGTH Functions

This function is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Gets the number of characters in the data. This may have the value zero, because CharacterData nodes may be empty (See Also: DOMCharacterData Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETLENGTH(
   cd     IN     DOMCHARACTERDATA)
 RETURN NUMBER;

Gets the number of nodes in this map. The range of valid child node indexes is 0 to length-1, inclusive (See Also: DOMNamedNodeMap Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETLENGTH(
   nnm      IN     DOMNAMEDNODEMAP)
 RETURN NUMBER;

Gets the number of nodes in the list. The range of valid child node indexes is 0 to length-1, inclusive (See Also: DOMNodeList Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETLENGTH(
   nl     IN    DOMNODELIST)
 RETURN NUMBER;

Parameters

Table 171-58 GETLENGTH Function Parameters

Parameter Description

cd

DOMCHARACTERDATA

nnm

DOMNAMEDNODEMAP

nl

DOMNODELIST



GETLOCALNAME Procedure and Functions

This function is overloaded as a procedure and two functions. The specific forms of functionality are described alongside the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Retrieves the local part of the node's qualified name (See Also: DOMNode Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETLOCALNAME(
   n       IN     DOMNODE,
   data    OUT    VARCHAR2);

Returns the local name of the DOMAttr (See Also: DOMAttr Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETLOCALNAME(
   a       IN     DOMATTR)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Returns the local name of the DOMElement (See Also: DOMElement Subprograms)

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETLOCALNAME(
   elem       IN     DOMELEMENT)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-59 GETLOCALNAME Procedure and Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNode

data

Returned local name.

a

DOMAttr.

elem

DOMElement.



GETNAME Functions

This function is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described alongside the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Returns the name of this attribute (See Also: DOMAttr Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNAME(
   a       IN     DOMATTR)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Retrieves the name of DTD, or the name immediately following the DOCTYPE keyword (See Also: DOMDocumentType Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNAME(
   dt       IN     DOMDOCUMENTTYPE)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-60 GETNAME Function Parameters

Parameter Description

a

DOMATTR

dt

DOMDOCUMENTTYPE



GETNAMEDITEM Function

This function retrieves a node specified by name.

Syntax

Retrieves a node specified by name:

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNAMEDITEM(
   nnm    IN  DOMNAMEDNODEMAP,
   name   IN  VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Retrieves a node specified by name and namespace URI:

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNAMEDITEM(
   nnm    IN  DOMNAMEDNODEMAP,
   name   IN  VARCHAR2,
   ns     IN  VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Parameters

Table 171-61 GETNAMEDITEM Function Parameters

Parameter Description

nnm

DOMNAMEDNODEMAP

name

Name of the item to be retrieved

ns

Namespace



GETNAMESPACE Procedure and Functions

This subprogram is overloaded as a procedure and two functions. The specific forms of functionality are described alongside the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Retrieves the namespace URI associated with the node (See Also: DOMNode Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNAMESPACE(
   n       IN     DOMNODE,
   data    OUT    VARCHAR2);

Retrieves the namespace of the DOMATTR (See Also: DOMAttr Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNAMESPACE(
   a       IN     DOMATTR)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Retrieves the namespace of the DOMELEMENT (See Also: DOMElement Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNAMESPACE(
   elem       IN     DOMELEMENT)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-62 GETNAMESPACE Procedure and Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE

data

Returned namespace URI

a

DOMATTR

elem

DOMELEMENT



GETNEXTSIBLING Function

This function retrieves the node immediately following this node. If there is no such node, this returns NULL.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNEXTSIBLING(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMNode;

Parameters

Table 171-63 GETNEXTSIBLING Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



GETNODETYPE Function

This function retrieves a code representing the type of the underlying object.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNODETYPE(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN NUMBER;

Parameters

Table 171-64 GETNODETYPE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



GETNODENAME Function

This function gets the name of the node depending on its type.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNODENAME(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-65 GETNODENAME Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



GETNODEVALUE Function

This function gets the value of this node, depending on its type.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNODEVALUE(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;*

Parameters

Table 171-66 GETNODEVALUE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



GETNODEVALUEASBINARYSTREAM Function & Procedure

The operation of these subprograms is described with each syntax implementation.

Syntax

This function returns an instance of the PL/SQL XMLBinaryInputStream. The node data type must be RAW or BLOB – if not an exception is raised.

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNODEVALUEASBINARYSTREAM (
   n      IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN SYS.UTL_BINARYINPUTSTREAM;

Using this procedure, the application passes an implementation of SYS.UTL_BINARYOUTPUTSTREAM into which XDB writes the contents of the node. The data type of the node must be RAW or CLOB – if not an exception is raised.

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNODEVALUEASBINARYSTREAM (
   n        in   DOMNODE, 
   value    in   SYS.UTL_BINARYOUTPUTSTREAM);

Parameters

Table 171-67 GETNODEVALUEASBINARYSTREAM Function & Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE

value

BINARYOUTPUTSTREAM



GETNODEVALUEASCHARACTERSTREAM Function & Procedure

The operation of these subprograms is described with each syntax implementation.

Syntax

This function returns an instance of the PL/SQL XMLCharacterInputStream. If the node data is character it is converted to the current session character set. If the node data is not character data, it is first converted to character data.

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNODEVALUEASCHARACTERSTREAM  (
   n        IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN SYS.UTL_CHARACTERINPUTSTREAM;

Using this procedure, the node data is converted, as necessary, to the session character set and then "pushed" into the SYS.UTL_CHARACTEROUTPUTSTREAM.

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNODEVALUEASCHARACTERSTREAM  (
   n        IN   DOMNODE,
   value    IN   SYS.UTL_CHARACTEROUTPUTSTREAM);

Parameters

Table 171-68 GETNODEVALUEASCHARACTERSTREAM Function & Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE

value

CHARACTEROUTPUTSTREAM



GETNOTATIONNAME Function

This function returns the notation name of the DOMENTITY.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNOTATIONNAME(
   ent       IN     DOMENTITY)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-69 GETNOTATIONNAME Function Parameters

Parameter Description

ent

DOMENTITY



GETNOTATIONS Function

This function retrieves a DOMNAMEDNODEMAP containing the notations declared in the DTD.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNOTATIONS(
   dt       IN     DOMDOCUMENTTYPE)
 RETURN DOMNAMEDNODEMAP;

Parameters

Table 171-70 GETNOTATIONS Function Parameters

Parameter Description

dt

DOMDOCUMENTTYPE



GETTARGET Function

This function returns the target of the DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETTARGET(
   pi       IN     DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-71 GETTARGET Function Parameters

Parameter Description

pi

DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION



GETOWNERDOCUMENT Function

This function retrieves the Document object associated with this node. This is also the Document object used to create new nodes. When this node is a Document or a Document Type that is not used with any Document yet, this is NULL.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETOWNERDOCUMENT(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMDOCUMENT;

Parameters

Table 171-72 GETOWNERDOCUMENT Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



GETOWNERELEMENT Function

This function retrieves the Element node to which the specified Attribute is attached.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETOWNERELEMENT(
   a       IN     DOMATTR)
 RETURN DOMElement;

Parameters

Table 171-73 GETOWNERELEMENT Function Parameters

Parameter Description

a

Attribute



GETPARENTNODE Function

This function retrieves the parent of this node. All nodes, except Attr, Document, DocumentFragment, Entity, and Notation may have a parent. However, if a node has just been created and not yet added to the tree, or if it has been removed from the tree, this is NULL.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETPARENTNODE(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Parameters

Table 171-74 GETPARENTNODE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



GETPREFIX Function

This function retrieves the namespace prefix of the node.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETPREFIX(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-75 GETPREFIX Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



GETPREVIOUSSIBLING Function

This function retrieves the node immediately preceding this node. If there is no such node, this returns NULL.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETPREVIOUSSIBLING(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Parameters

Table 171-76 GETPREVIOUSSIBLING Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



GETPUBLICID Functions

This function is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Returns the public identifier of the specified DTD (See Also: DOMDocumentType Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETPUBLICID(
   dt       IN     DOMDOCUMENTTYPE)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Returns the public identifier of the DOMENTITY (See Also: DOMEntity Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETPUBLICID(
   ent      IN     DOMENTITY)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Returns the public identifier of the DOMNOTATION (See Also: DOMNotation Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETPUBLICID(
   n        IN     DOMNOTATION)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-77 GETPUBLICID Function Parameters

Parameter Description

dt

The DTD

ent

DOMENTITY

n

DOMNOTATION



GETQUALIFIEDNAME Functions

This function is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Returns the qualified name of the DOMATTR (See Also: DOMAttr Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETQUALIFIEDNAME(
   a        IN     DOMATTR)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Returns the qualified name of the DOMElement (See Also: DOMElement Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETQUALIFIEDNAME(
   elem     IN     DOMELEMENT)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-78 GETQUALIFIEDNAME Functions Parameters

Parameter Description

a

DOMATTR

elem

DOMELEMENT



GETSCHEMANODE Function

This function retrieves the schema URI associated with the node.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETSCHEMANODE(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Parameters

Table 171-79 GETSCHEMANODE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



GETSPECIFIED Function

If this attribute was explicitly specified, a value in the original document, this is true; otherwise, it is false.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETSPECIFIED(
   a       IN     DOMATTR)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Parameters

Table 171-80 GETSPECIFIED Function Parameters

Parameter Description

a

DOMATTR



GETSTANDALONE Function

This function returns the standalone property associated with the DOMDOCUMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETSTANDALONE(
   doc       IN     DOMDOCUMENT)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-81 GETSTANDALONE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT.



GETSYSTEMID Functions

This function is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Returns the system id of the specified DTD (See Also: DOMDocumentType Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETSYSTEMID(
   dt       IN     DOMDOCUMENTTYPE)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Returns the system identifier of the DOMENTITY (See Also: DOMEntity Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETSYSTEMID(
   ent      IN     DOMENTITY)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Returns the system identifier of the DOMNOTATION (See Also: DOMNotation Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETSYSTEMID(
   n        IN     DOMNOTATION)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-82 GETSYSTEMID Function Parameters

Parameter Description

dt

The DTD.

ent

DOMEntity.

n

DOMNotation.



GETTAGNAME Function

This function returns the name of the DOMELEMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETTAGNAME(
   elem       IN     DOMELEMENT)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-83 GETTAGNAME Function Parameters

Parameter Description

elem

The DOMELEMENT



GETVALUE Function

This function retrieves the value of the attribute.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETVALUE(
   a       IN     DOMATTR)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-84 GETVALUE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

a

DOMATTR



GETVERSION Function

This function returns the version of the DOMDOCUMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETVERSION(
   doc       IN     DOMDOCUMENT)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-85 GETVERSION Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT



GETXMLTYPE Function

This function returns the XMLType associated with the DOMDOCUMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.GETXMLTYPE(
   doc       IN     DOMDOCUMENT)
 RETURN SYS.XMLTYPE;

Parameters

Table 171-86 GETXMLTYPE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT



HASATTRIBUTE Functions

Verifies whether an attribute has been defined for DOMELEMENT, or has a default value.

Syntax

Verifies whether an attribute with the specified name has been defined for DOMElement:

DBMS_XMLDOM.HASATTRIBUTE(
   elem     IN  DOMELEMENT,
   name     IN  VARCHAR2)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Verifies whether an attribute with specified name and namespace URI has been defined for DOMELEMENT; namespace enabled:

DBMS_XMLDOM.HASATTRIBUTE(
   elem     IN  DOMELEMENT,
   name     IN  VARCHAR2,
   ns       IN  VARCHAR2)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-87 HASATTRIBUTE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

elem

The DOMELEMENT

name

Attribute name; * matches any attribute

ns

Namespace



HASATTRIBUTES Function

This function returns whether this node has any attributes.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.HASATTRIBUTES(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Parameters

Table 171-88 HASATTRIBUTES Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



HASCHILDNODES Function

This function determines whether this node has any children.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.HASCHILDNODES(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Parameters

Table 171-89 HASCHILDNODES Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



HASFEATURE Function

This function tests if the DOMIMPLEMENTATION implements a specific feature.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.HASFEATURE(
   di       IN     DOMIMPLEMENTATION,
   feature  IN     VARCHAR2,
   version  IN     VARCHAR2)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Parameters

Table 171-90 HASFEATURE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

di

DOMIMPLEMENTATION

feature

The feature to check for

version

The version of the DOM to check in



IMPORTNODE Function

This function imports a node from an external document and returns this new node.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.IMPORTNODE(
   doc            IN  DOMDOCUMENT,
   importedNode   IN  DOMNODE,
   deep           IN  BOOLEAN)
  RETURN DOMNODE;

Parameters

Table 171-91 IMPORTNODE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

Document from which the node is imported

importedNode

Node to import

deep

Setting for recursive import.

  • If this value is TRUE, the entire subtree of the node will be imported with the node.

  • If this value is FALSE, only the node itself will be imported.


Usage Notes

Note that the ADOPTNODE Function removes the node from the source document while the IMPORTNODE Function clones the node in the source document.


INSERTBEFORE Function

This function inserts the node newchild before the existing child node refchild. If refchild is NULL, insert newchild at the end of the list of children.

If newchild is a DOCUMENTFRAGMENT object, all of its children are inserted, in the same order, before refchild. If the newchild is already in the tree, it is first removed.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.INSERTBEFORE(
   n          IN     DOMNODE,
   newchild   IN     DOMNODE,
   refchild   IN     DOMNODE)
  RETURN DOMNode;

Parameters

Table 171-92 INSERTBEFORE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE

newChild

The child to be inserted in the DOMNODE

refChild

The reference node before which the newchild is to be inserted



INSERTDATA Procedure

This procedure inserts a string at the specified character offset.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.INSERTDATA(
   cd       IN     DOMCHARACTERDATA,
   offset   IN     NUMBER,
   arg      IN     VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-93 INSERTDATA Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

cd

DOMCHARACTERDATA

offset

The offset at which to insert the data

arg

The value to be inserted



ISNULL Functions

This function is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Checks if the specified DOMNODE is NULL. Returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMNode Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
  n        IN     DOMNODE) 
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMATTR is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMAttr Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   a       IN     DOMATTR)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMCDATASECTION is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMCDataSection Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   cds      IN     DOMCDATASECTION)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMCHARACTERDATA is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMCharacterData Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   cd       IN     DOMCHARACTERDATA)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMCOMMENT is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMComment Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   com       IN     DOMCOMMENT)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMDOCUMENT is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMDocument Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   doc       IN     DOMDOCUMENT)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMDocumentFragment Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   df       IN     DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMDOCUMENTTYPE is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMDocumentType Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   dt       IN     DOMDOCUMENTTYPE)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMELEMENT is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMElement Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   elem     IN     DOMELEMENT)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMENTITY is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMEntity Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   ent       IN     DOMENTITY)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMENTITYREFERENCE is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMEntityReference Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   EREF       IN     DOMENTITYREFERENCE)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMIMPLEMENTATION is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL (See Also: DOMImplementation Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   di       IN     DOMIMPLEMENTATION)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMNAMEDNODEMAP is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMNamedNodeMap Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   nnm       IN     DOMNAMEDNODEMAP)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMNODELIST is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMNodeList Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   nl       IN     DOMNODELIST)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMNOTATION is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMNotation Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   n       IN     DOMNOTATION)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMProcessingInstruction Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   pi       IN     DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Checks that the specified DOMTEXT is NULL; returns TRUE if it is NULL, FALSE otherwise (See Also: DOMText Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ISNULL(
   t       IN     DOMTEXT)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Parameters

Table 171-94 ISNULL Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to check

a

DOMATTR to check

cds

DOMCDATASECTION to check

cd

DOMCHARACTERDATA to check

com

DOMCOMMENT to check

doc

DOMDOCUMENT to check

dF

DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT to check

dt

DOMDOCUMENTTYPE to check

elem

DOMELEMENT to check

ent

DOMENTITY to check

eref

DOMENTITYREFERENCE to check

di

DOMIMPLEMENTATION to check

nnm

DOMNAMENODEMAP to check

nl

DOMNODELIST to check

n

DOMNOTATION to check

pi

DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION to check

t

DOMTEXT to check



ITEM Functions

This function is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Returns the item in the map which corresponds to the INDEX parameter. If INDEX is greater than or equal to the number of nodes in this map, this returns NULL (See Also: DOMNamedNodeMap Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ITEM(
   nnm       IN     DOMNAMEDNODEMAP,
   index     IN     NUMBER)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Returns the item in the collection which corresponds to the INDEX parameter. If index is greater than or equal to the number of nodes in the list, this returns NULL (See Also: DOMNodeList Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.ITEM(
   nl       IN     DOMNODELIST,
   index    IN     NUMBER)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Parameters

Table 171-95 ITEM Function Parameters

Parameter Description

nnm

DOMNAMEDNODEMAP

index

The index in the node map at which the item is to be retrieved

nl

DOMNODELIST

index

The index in the NodeList used to retrieve the item



MAKEATTR Function

This function casts a specified DOMNODE to a DOMATTR, and returns the DOMATTR.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKEATTR(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMATTR;

Parameters

Table 171-96 MAKEATTR Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to cast



MAKECDATASECTION Function

This function casts a specified DOMNODE to a DOMCDATASECTION.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKECDATASECTION(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMCDATASECTION;

Parameters

Table 171-97 MAKECDATASECTION Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to cast



MAKECHARACTERDATA Function

This function casts a specified DOMNODE to a DOMCHARACTERDATA, and returns the DOMCHARACTERDATA.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKECHARACTERDATA(
   n       IN     DOMNode)
 RETURN DOMCharacterData;

Parameters

Table 171-98 MAKECHARACTERDATA Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to cast



MAKECOMMENT Function

This function casts a specified DOMNODE to a DOMCOMMENT, and returns the DOMCOMMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKECOMMENT(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMCOMMENT;

Parameters

Table 171-99 MAKECOMMENT Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to cast



MAKEDOCUMENT Function

This function casts a specified DOMNODE to a DOMDOCUMENT, and returns the DOMDOCUMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKEDOCUMENT(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMDocument;

Parameters

Table 171-100 MAKEDOCUMENT Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to cast



MAKEDOCUMENTFRAGMENT Function

This function casts a specified DOMNODE to a DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT, and returns the DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKEDOCUMENTFRAGMENT(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT;

Parameters

Table 171-101 MAKEDOCUMENTFRAGMENT Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to cast



MAKEDOCUMENTTYPE Function

This function casts a specified DOMNODE to a DOMDOCUMENTTYPE and returns the DOMDOCUMENTTYPE.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKEDOCUMENTTYPE(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMDOCUMENTTYPE;

Parameters

Table 171-102 MAKEDOCUMENTTYPE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to cast.



MAKEELEMENT Function

This function casts a specified DOMNODE to a DOMELEMENT, and returns the DOMELEMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKEELEMENT(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMELEMENT;

Parameters

Table 171-103 MAKEELEMENT Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to cast



MAKEENTITY Function

This function casts a specified DOMNODE to a DOMENTITY, and returns the DOMENTITY.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKEENTITY(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMENTITY;

Parameters

Table 171-104 MAKEENTITY Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to cast



MAKEENTITYREFERENCE Function

This function casts a specified DOMNODE to a DOMENTITYREFERENCE, and returns the DOMENTITYREFERENCE.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKEENTITYREFERENCE(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMENTITYREFERENCE;

Parameters

Table 171-105 MAKEENTITYREFERENCE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to cast



MAKENODE Functions

This function is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Casts specified DOMATTR to a DOMNODE, and returns the DOMNODE (See Also: DOMAttr Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(
   a        IN     DOMATTR)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Casts the DOMCDATASECTION to a DOMNODE, and returns that DOMNODE (See Also: DOMCDataSection Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(
   cds      IN     DOMCDATASECTION)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Casts the specified DOMCHARACTERDATA as a DOMNODE, and returns that DOMNODE (See Also: DOMCharacterData Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(
   cd       IN     DOMCHARACTERDATA)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Casts the specified DOMCOMMENT to a DOMNODE, and returns that DOMNODE (See Also: DOMComment Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(
   com      IN     DOMCOMMENT)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Casts the DOMDOCUMENT to a DOMNODE, and returns that DOMNODE (See Also: DOMDocument Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(
   doc      IN     DOMDOCUMENT)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Casts the specified DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT to a DOMNODE, and returns that DOMNODE (See Also: DOMDocumentFragment Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(
   df       IN     DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT)
 RETURN DOMNode;

Casts the specified DOMDOCUMENTTYPE to a DOMNODE, and returns that DOMNODE (See Also: DOMDocumentType Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(
   dt       IN     DOMDOCUMENTTYPE)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Casts the specified DOMELEMENT to a DOMNODE, and returns that DOMNODE (See Also: DOMElement Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(
   elem       IN     DOMELEMENT)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Casts specified DOMENTITY to a DOMNODE, and returns that DOMNODE (See Also: DOMEntity Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(
   ent       IN     DOMENTITY)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Casts the DOMENTITYREFERENCE to a DOMNODE, and returns that DOMNODE (See Also: DOMEntityReference Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(
   eref       IN     DOMENTITYREFERENCE)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Casts the DOMNOTATION to a DOMNODE, and returns that DOMNODE (See Also: DOMNotation Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(
   n       IN     DOMNOTATION)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Casts the DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION to a DOMNODE, and returns the DOMNODE (See Also: DOMProcessingInstruction Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(
   pi       IN     DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Casts the DOMTEXT to a DOMNODE, and returns that DOMNODE (See Also: DOMText Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(
   t       IN     DOMTEXT)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Parameters

Table 171-106 MAKENODE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

a

DOMATTR to cast

cds

DOMCDATASECTION to cast

cd

DOMCHARACTERDATA to cast

com

DOMCOMMENT to cast

doc

DOMDOCUMENT to cast

df

DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT to cast

dt

DOMDOCUMENTTYPE to cast

elem

DOMELEMENT to cast

ent

DOMENTITY to cast

eref

DOMENTITYREFERENCE to cast

n

DOMNOTATION to cast

pi

DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION to cast

t

DOMTEXT to cast



MAKENOTATION Function

This function casts a specified DOMNODE to a DOMNOTATION, and returns the DOMNOTATION.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENOTATION(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMNOTATION;

Parameters

Table 171-107 MAKENOTATION Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to cast



MAKEPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION Function

This function casts a specified DOMNODE to a DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION, and returns the Domprocessinginstruction.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKEPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION;

Parameters

Table 171-108 MAKEPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to cast



MAKETEXT Function

This function casts a specified DOMNODE to a DOMTEXT, and returns the DOMTEXT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKETEXT(
   n       IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMTEXT;

Parameters

Table 171-109 MAKETEXT Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE to cast



NEWDOMDOCUMENT Functions

This function returns a new DOMDOCUMENT instance.

Syntax

Returns a new DOMDOCUMENT instance:

DBMS_XMLDOM.NEWDOMDOCUMENT
 RETURN DOMDOCUMENT;

Returns a new DOMDOCUMENT instance created from the specified XMLType object:

DBMS_XMLDOM.NEWDOMDOCUMENT(
   xmldoc    IN SYS.XMLTYPE)
 RETURN DOMDOCUMENT;

Returns a new DOMDOCUMENT instance created from the specified CLOB:

DBMS_XMLDOM.NEWDOMDOCUMENT(
   cl       IN    CLOB)
 RETURN DOMDOCUMENT;

Parameters

Table 171-110 NEWDOMDOCUMENT Function Parameters 

Parameter Description

xmldoc

XMLType source for the DOMDOCUMENT

cl

CLOB source for the DOMDOCUMENT



NORMALIZE Procedure

This procedure normalizes the text children of the DOMELEMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.NORMALIZE(
   elem       IN     DOMELEMENT);

Parameters

Table 171-111 NORMALIZE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

elem

The DOMELEMENT



REMOVEATTRIBUTE Procedures

This procedure removes an attribute from the DOMELEMENT by name.

Syntax

Removes the value of a DOMELEMENT's attribute by name:

DBMS_XMLDOM.REMOVEATTRIBUTE(
   elem     IN    DOMELEMENT,
   name     IN    VARCHAR2);

Removes the value of a DOMELEMENT's attribute by name and namespace URI.

DBMS_XMLDOM.REMOVEATTRIBUTE(
   elem     IN    DOMELEMENT,
   name     IN    VARCHAR2,
   ns       IN    VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-112 REMOVEATTRIBUTE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

elem

The DOMELEMENT

name

Attribute name

ns

Namespace



REMOVEATTRIBUTENODE Function

This function removes the specified attribute node from the DOMELEMENT. The method returns the removed node.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.REMOVEATTRIBUTENODE(
   elem       IN     DOMELEMENT,
   oldAttr    IN     DOMATTR)
  RETURN DOMAttr;

Parameters

Table 171-113 REMOVEATTRIBUTENODE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

elem

The DOMELEMENT.

oldAttr

The old DOMATTR.



REMOVECHILD Function

This function removes the child node indicated by oldchild from the list of children, and returns it.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.REMOVECHILD(
   n          IN     DOMNode,
   oldchild   IN     DOMNode)
 RETURN DOMNODE;

Parameters

Table 171-114 REMOVECHILD Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE

oldCHild

The child of the node n to be removed



REMOVENAMEDITEM Function

This function removes from the map a node specified by name, and returns this node. When this map contains the attributes attached to an element, if the removed attribute is known to have a default value, an attribute immediately appears containing the default value as well as the corresponding namespace URI, local name, and prefix when applicable.

Syntax

Removes a node specified by name:

DBMS_XMLDOM.REMOVENAMEDITEM(
   nnm      IN     DOMNamedNodeMap,
   name     IN     VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMNode;

Removes a node specified by name and namespace URI:

DBMS_XMLDOM.REMOVENAMEDITEM(
   nnm      IN     DOMNamedNodeMap,
   name     IN     VARCHAR2,
   ns       IN     VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMNode;

Parameters

Table 171-115 REMOVENAMEDITEM Function Parameters

Parameter Description

nnm

DOMNamedNodeMap

name

The name of the item to be removed from the map

ns

Namespace



REPLACECHILD Function

This function replaces the child node oldchild with newchild in the list of children, and returns the oldchild node. If newchild is a DocumentFragment object, oldchild is replaced by all of the DocumentFragment children, which are inserted in the same order. If the newchild is already in the tree, it is first removed.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.REPLACECHILD(
   n           IN     DOMNode,
   newchild    IN     DOMNode,
   oldchild    IN     DOMNode)
 RETURN DOMNode;

Parameters

Table 171-116 REPLACECHILD Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNode

newchild

The new child which is to replace the old child

oldchild

The child of the node n which is to be replaced



REPLACEDATA Procedure

This procedure changes a range of characters in the node. Upon success, data and length reflect the change.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.REPLACEDATA(
   cd        IN     DOMCHARACTERDATA,
   offset    IN     NUMBER,
   cnt       IN     NUMBER,
   arg       IN     VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-117 REPLACEDATA Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

cd

DOMCHARACTERDATA

offset

The offset at which to replace

cnt

The number of characters to replace

arg

The value to replace with



RESOLVENAMESPACEPREFIX Function

This function resolves the specified namespace prefix, and returns the resolved namespace.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.RESOLVENAMESPACEPREFIX(
   elem       IN     DOMELEMENT,
   prefix     IN     VARCHAR2) 
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-118 RESOLVENAMESPACEPREFIX Function Parameters

Parameter Description

elem

The DOMELEMENT

prefix

Namespace prefix



SETATTRIBUTE Procedures

Sets the value of a DOMELEMENT's attribute by name.

Syntax

Sets the value of a DOMELEMENT's attribute by name:

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETATTRIBUTE(
   elem       IN  DOMELEMENT,
   name       IN  VARCHAR2,
   newvalue   IN  VARCHAR2);

Sets the value of a DOMElement's attribute by name and namespace URI:

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETATTRIBUTE(
   elem       IN  DOMELEMENT,
   name       IN  VARCHAR2,
   newvalue   IN  VARCHAR2,
   ns         IN  VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-119 SETATTRIBUTE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

elem

The DOMELEMENT

name

Attribute name

newvalue

Attribute value

ns

Namespace



SETATTRIBUTENODE Functions

Adds a new attribute node to the DOMELEMENT.

Syntax

Adds a new attribute node to the DOMELEMENT:

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETATTRIBUTENODE(
   elem      IN  DOMELEMENT,
   newAttr   IN  DOMATTR)
 RETURN DOMATTR;

Adds a new attribute node to the DOMElement; namespace enabled:

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETATTRIBUTENODE(
   elem      IN  DOMELEMENT,
   newAttr   IN  DOMATTR,
   ns        IN  VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMATTR;

Parameters

Table 171-120 SETATTRIBUTENODE Function Parameters

Parameter Description

elem

The DOMELEMENT

newAttr

The new DOMATTR

ns

The namespace



SETCHARSET Procedure

This function sets the characterset of the DOM document.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETCHARSET(
   doc      IN    DOMDocument,
   charset  IN    VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-121 SETCHARSET Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOM document

charset

Characterset


Usage Notes

This is used for WRITETOFILE Procedures if not explicitly specified at that time.


SETDATA Procedures

This procedure is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Sets the character data of the node that implements this interface (See Also: DOMCharacterData Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETDATA(
   cd       IN     DOMCHARACTERDATA,
   data     IN     VARCHAR2);

Sets the content data of the DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION (See Also: DOMProcessingInstruction Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETDATA(
   pi       IN     DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION,
   data     IN     VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-122 SETDATA Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

cd

DOMCHARACTERDATA

data

The data to which the node is set

pi

DOMPROCESSINGINSTRUCTION

data

New processing instruction content data



SETDOCTYPE Procedure

Given a DOM document, this procedure creates a new DTD with the specified name, system id and public id and sets it in the document. This DTD can later be retrieved using the GETDOCTYPE Function.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETDOCTYPE(
  doc     IN   DOMDocument, 
  name    IN   VARCHAR2,
  sysid   IN   VARCHAR2, 
  pubid   IN   VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-123 SETDOCTYPE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

The document whose DTD has to be set

name

The name that the doctype needs to be initialized with

sysid

The system ID that the doctype needs to be initialized with

pubid

The public ID that the doctype needs to be initialized with



SETNAMEDITEM Function

This function adds a node using its NodeName attribute. If a node with that name is already present in this map, it is replaced by the new one. The old node is returned on replacement; if no replacement is made, NULL is returned.

As the NodeName attribute is used to derive the name under which the node must be stored, multiple nodes of certain types, those that have a "special" string value, cannot be stored because the names would clash. This is seen as preferable to allowing nodes to be aliased.

Syntax

Adds a node using its NodeName attribute:

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETNAMEDITEM(
   nnm     IN     DOMNAMEDNODEMAP,
   arg     IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN DOMNode;

Adds a node using its NodeName attribute and namespace URI:

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETNAMEDITEM(
   nnm     IN     DOMNAMEDNODEMAP,
   arg      IN    DOMNODE,
   ns      IN     VARCHAR2)
 RETURN DOMNode;

Parameters

Table 171-124 SETNAMEDITEM Function Parameters

Parameter Description

nnm

DOMNAMEDNODEMAP

arg

The Node to be added using its NodeName attribute

ns

Namespace



SETNODEVALUE Procedure

This procedure sets the value of this node, depending on its type. When it is defined to be NULL, setting it has no effect.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETNODEVALUE(
   n         IN     DOMNODE,
   nodeValue IN     VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-125 SETNODEVALUE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNode

nodeValue

The value to which node is set



SETNODEVALUEASBINARYSTREAM Function & Procedure

The operation of these subprograms is described with each syntax implementation.

Syntax

This function returns an instance of the PL/SQL XMLBINARYOUTPUTSTREAM into which the caller can write the node value. The data type of the node must be RAW or BLOB – if not, an exception is raised.

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETNODEVALUEASBINARYSTREAM (
   n      IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN SYS.UTL_BINARYOUTPUTSTREAM;

Using this procedure, the application passes in an implementation of sys.utl_BinaryInputStream from which XDB reads data to populate the node. The data type of the node must be RAW or BLOB – if not an exception is raised.

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETNODEVALUEASBINARYSTREAM (
   n        in   DOMNODE, 
   value    in   SYS.UTL_BINARYINPUTSTREAM);

Parameters

Table 171-126 SETNODEVALUEASBINARYSTREAM Function & Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE

value

BINARYINPUTSTREAM



SETNODEVALUEASCHARACTERSTREAM Function & Procedure

The operation of these subprograms is described with each syntax implementation.

Syntax

This function returns an instance of the PL/SQL XMLCHARACTEROUTPUTSTREAM type into which the caller can write the node value. The data type of the node can be any valid XDB data type. If the type is not character or CLOB, the character data written to the stream is converted to the node data type. If the data type of the node is character or CLOB, then the character data written to the stream is converted from PL/SQL session character set to the character set of the node.

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETNODEVALUEASCHARACTERSTREAM  (
   n        IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN SYS.UTL_CHARACTEROUTPUTSTREAM;

Using this procedure, the application passes in an implementation of SYS.UTL_CHARACTERINPUTSTREAM from which XDB reads to populate the node. The data type of the node may be any valid type supported by XDB. If a non-character data type, the character data read from the stream is converted to the data type of the node. If the data type of the node is either character or CLOB, then no conversion occurs and the character set of the node becomes the character set of the PL/SQL session.

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETNODEVALUEASCHARACTERSTREAM  (
   n        IN   DOMNODE,
   value    IN   SYS.UTL_CHARACTERINPUTSTREAM);

Parameters

Table 171-127 SETNODEVALUEASCHARACTERSTREAM Function & Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE

value

CHARACTERINPUTSTREAM



SETPREFIX Procedure

This procedure sets the namespace prefix for this node to the specified value.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETPREFIX(
   n       IN     DOMNODE,
   prefix  IN     VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-128 SETPREFIX Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE

prefix

The value for the namespace prefix of the node



SETSTANDALONE Procedure

This procedure sets the standalone property of the DOMDOCUMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETSTANDALONE(
   doc         IN     DOMDOCUMENT,
   newvalue    IN     VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-129 SETSTANDALONE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT

newvalue

Value of the standalone property of the document



SETVALUE Procedure

This procedure sets the value of the attribute.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETVALUE(
   a       IN     DOMATTR,
   value   IN     VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-130 SETVALUE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

a

DOMATTR

value

The value to which to set the attribute



SETVERSION Procedure

This procedure sets the version of the DOMDOCUMENT.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.SETVERSION(
   doc        IN     DOMDOCUMENT,
   version    IN     VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-131 SETVERSION Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

doc

DOMDOCUMENT

version

The version of the document



SPLITTEXT Function

This function breaks this DOMTEXT node into two DOMTEXT nodes at the specified offset.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.SPLITTEXT(
   t        IN     DOMTEXT,
   offset   IN     NUMBER)
 RETURN DOMText;

Parameters

Table 171-132 SPLITTEXT Function Parameters

Parameter Description

t

DOMTEXT

offset

Offset at which to split



SUBSTRINGDATA Function

This function extracts a range of data from the node.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.SUBSTRINGDATA(
   cd        IN     DOMCHARACTERDATA,
   offset    IN     NUMBER,
   cnt       IN     NUMBER)
 RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 171-133 SUBSTRINGDATA Function Parameters

Parameter Description

cd

DOMCHARACTERDATA

offset

The starting offset of the data from which to get the data

cnt

The number of characters (from the offset) of the data to get



USEBINARYSTREAM Function

This function returns TRUE if the data type of the node is RAW or BLOB so that the node value may be read or written using an UTL_BINARYINPUTSTREAM or UTL_BINARYOUTPUTSTREAM. If a value of FALSE is returned, the node value may only be accessed through an UTL_CHARACTERINPUTSTREAM or UTL_CHARACTEROUTPUTSTREAM.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.USEBINARYSTREAM   (
   n        IN     DOMNODE)
 RETURN BOOLEAN;

Parameters

Table 171-134 USEBINARYSTREAM Function Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE



WRITETOBUFFER Procedures

This procedure is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Writes XML node to specified buffer using the database character set (See Also: DOMNode Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.WRITETOBUFFER( 
   n        IN      DOMNODE, 
   buffer   IN OUT  VARCHAR2);

Writes XML document to a specified buffer using database character set (See Also: DOMDocument Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.WRITETOBUFFER( 
   doc       IN      DOMDOCUMENT, 
   buffer    IN OUT  VARCHAR2);

Writes the contents of the specified document fragment into a buffer using the database character set (See Also: DOMDocumentFragment Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.WRITETOBUFFER(
   df        IN      DOMDOCUMENTFRAGMENT,
   buffer    IN OUT  VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-135 WRITETOBUFFER Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE

buffer

Buffer to which to write

doc

DOMDOCUMENT

df

DOM document fragment



WRITETOCLOB Procedures

This procedure is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Writes XML node to specified CLOB using the database character set (See Also: DOMNode Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.WRITETOCLOB(
   n       IN      DOMNODE, 
   cl      IN OUT  CLOB);

Writes XML document to a specified CLOB using database character set (See Also: DOMDocument Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.WRITETOCLOB(
   doc     IN      DOMDOCUMENT, 
   cl      IN OUT  CLOB);

Parameters

Table 171-136 WRITETOCLOB Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE

cl

CLOB to which to write

doc

DOMDOCUMENT



WRITETOFILE Procedures

This procedure is overloaded. The specific forms of functionality are described along with the syntax declarations.

Syntax

Writes XML node to specified file using the database character set (See Also: DOMNode Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.WRITETOFILE(
   n          IN      DOMNODE,
   fileName   IN      VARCHAR2);

Writes XML node to specified file using the specified character set, which is passed in as a separate parameter (See Also: DOMNode Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.WRITETOFILE(
   n          IN      DOMNODE,
   fileName   IN      VARCHAR2,
   charset    IN      VARCHAR2);

Writes an XML document to a specified file using database character set (See Also: DOMDocument Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.WRITETOFILE(
   doc        IN   DOMDOCUMENT,
   filename   IN   VARCHAR2);

Writes an XML document to a specified file using specified character set (See Also: DOMDocument Subprograms):

DBMS_XMLDOM.WRITETOFILE(
   doc       IN   DOMDOCUMENT,
   fileName  IN   VARCHAR2,
   charset   IN   VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 171-137 WRITETOFILE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

n

DOMNODE

fileName

File to which to write. The filename should be in standard directory to filename format, for example /root/folder1/filename (on windows, use \ instead of /).

charset

specified character set

doc

DOMDOCUMENT

charset

Character set