xmlClear

Clears a given XML node from an XML document

xmlClear(node) → returns void

This function requires Adobe ColdFusion 2023 and up.  Not supported on Lucee, etc.

Argument Reference

node xml
Required

The XML node to clear

Examples
Sample code invoking the xmlClear function

Clears a single node in a simple XML document

xmlData = xmlParse('<root><item id="1">Item 1</item><item id="2">Item 2</item><item id="3">Item 3</item></root>');
xmlClear(xmlData.root.item[2]);
writeOutput(xmlData.toString());

Expected Result: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <root><item id="1">Item 1</item><item/><item id="3">Item 3</item></root>

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