REMOVECHILD

The REMOVECHILD function is used to remove a specified child node oldchild from its parent node n, which is used for DOM tree restructuring. The return value is the handle of the removed node.

Syntax

DBMS_XMLDOM.removeChild (
   n        IN DBMS_XMLDOM.DOMNODE,
   oldchild IN DBMS_XMLDOM.DOMNODE);

Parameters

Return value

The handle of the removed child node (DBMS_XMLDOM.DOMNODE).

Usage instructions

oldchild must be a direct child of n. After removal, the handle of this child node is returned for subsequent processing.

Examples

DECLARE
  parent_node DBMS_XMLDOM.DOMNODE;
  old_child   DBMS_XMLDOM.DOMNODE;
  ret_node    DBMS_XMLDOM.DOMNODE;
BEGIN
  ret_node := DBMS_XMLDOM.removeChild(parent_node, old_child);
END;
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