Force.com Apex Code Developer's Guide
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Document Class
Namespace
Usage
One common application is to use it to create the body of a request for HttpRequest or to parse a response accessed by HttpResponse.
Document Methods
The following are methods for Document. All are instance methods.
createRootElement(name, namespace, prefix)
Creates the top-level root element for a document.
Signature
public Dom.XmlNode createRootElement(String name, String namespace, String prefix)
Return Value
Type: Dom.XmlNode
Usage
For more information about namespaces, see XML Namespaces.
Calling this method more than once on a document generates an error as a document can have only one root element.
getRootElement()
Returns the top-level root element node in the document.
If this method returns null, the root element has not been created yet.
Signature
public Dom.XmlNode getRootElement()
Return Value
Type: Dom.XmlNode
load(xml)
Parse the XML representation of the document specified
in the xml argument and load it into a document.
Signature
public Void load(String xml)
Parameters
- xml
- Type: String
Return Value
Type: Void
Example
toXmlString()
Returns the XML representation of the document as a String.
Signature
public String toXmlString()
Return Value
Type: String