GETNODENAME v18

The GETNODENAME function provides the name of the node or a placeholder value that reflects the node type.

GETNODENAME(n DOMNODE) RETURN VARCHAR2

Parameters

n

DOMNode value you want to obtain.

Examples

This example creates a DOMDocument named l_domdoc and a DOMElement named elem with the tag name Departments. It then outputs the tag name.

DECLARE
   l_domdoc DBMS_XMLDOM.DOMDocument;
   l_department_element DBMS_XMLDOM.DOMElement;


BEGIN
   l_domdoc := DBMS_XMLDOM.NEWDOMDOCUMENT;
   l_department_element := DBMS_XMLDOM.CREATEELEMENT(l_domdoc, 'Departments' );
   dbms_output.put_line(DBMS_XMLDOM.GETNODENAME(DBMS_XMLDOM.MAKENODE(l_department_element)));
END;