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ElementType

function ElementType: TsdElementType;

Example​

procedure SetElementValue(Node: TXMLNode);
begin
  if (Node <> nil) and (Node.ElementType = xeElement) then
    Node.Value := 'Ready';
end;

Usage​

ElementType returns the Velox XML node-kind enumeration value for the node referenced through TXMLNode.

Additional Technical Info​

ElementType identifies the concrete NativeXML node kind behind a TXMLNode reference. The base implementation returns xeError, but the concrete document-created descendants override it, so normal nodes return their actual kind.

The script-visible TsdElementType values, in ordinal order, are xeElement, xeAttribute, xeCharData, xeComment, xeCData, xeCondSection, xeDeclaration, xeStylesheet, xeDocType, xeDtdElement, xeDtdAttList, xeDtdEntity, xeDtdNotation, xeInstruction, xeWhiteSpace, xeQuotedText, xeEndTag and xeError.

Use this method before reading a returned node as an element. Whole-document traversal and name lookup can return attributes, text, comments and structural nodes. ElementCount and Elements are the element-only alternatives for immediate children.

xeEndTag is chiefly a parser/binary-format signal and is not normally retained as a document node. xeError means the unoverridden/unknown path; do not treat it as a normal XML element.

The result is computed from the object's runtime class and has no side effect. It does not validate whether the node reference is still live; calling through a stale reference remains unsafe.

ElementTypeName maps the result to NativeXML's fixed English display string. Compare the enumeration value for program logic because the name is descriptive, not a serialized XML token.

The example is source-reviewed only; no node value was changed.

External references

Created 2026-07-15