xeCharData
xeCharData = 2
Example
function IsTextNode(Node: TXMLNode): Boolean;
begin
Result := (Node <> nil) and (Node.ElementType = xeCharData);
end;
Usage
xeCharData identifies Velox XML character data with escaped core storage, resolved reads and right-trimmed element parsing.
Additional Technical Info
xeCharData identifies ordinary character data between XML tags. It is a raw child node rather than an element, so element-only access excludes it even though a parent element's Value includes it.
NativeXML stores an escaped, normalised core string. Reading the script-visible Value resolves standard entity/reference escapes and restores the configured line-ending style. Assigning Value normalises line endings and escapes XML-special characters before storage.
Parsing and mixed-content quirks
Inside an element, NativeXML right-trims every text segment before constructing its CharData node. Leading whitespace remains in a non-empty segment, but trailing XML whitespace is lost even before script code sees the node. At document root, compact-mode parsing trims both ends and discards an all-whitespace segment.
A parent element's Value concatenates immediate CharData, WhiteSpace and CDATA values. It excludes nested element text, comments and processing instructions. It is therefore not a recursive XPath-style string value.
The parent Value setter accepts at most one ordinary CharData node and refuses the update when CDATA/WhiteSpace or multiple CharData nodes are present. Directly mutating the intended raw node avoids replacing the wrong mixed-content segment, but can still change document semantics.
Traversal and lifetime
Raw traversal can return text nodes and name-based search can encounter their fixed diagnostic name Text. Always check ElementType. Borrowed nodes are owned by the TNativeXML document and become invalid after clear, reload or free.
External references
Created 2026-07-15