xml.DomDocument.getElementsByTagName

Returns a DomNodeList object containing all XML Element DomNode objects with the same tag name in the entire document.

Syntax

getElementsByTagName(
   name STRING )
  RETURNING object xml.DomNodeList

name is the name of the XML Element tag to match or "*" to match all tags.

Usage

Returns a DomNodeList object containing all XML Element DomNode objects with the same tag name in the entire document; name is the name of the XML Element tag to match, or "*" to match all tags.

Returns a DomNodeList object, or NULL.

The returned list is ordered using a Depth-First pass algorithm.

In case of error, the method throws an exception and sets the STATUS variable with the appropriate error number.