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Ajax Parsing XML Data

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This function allows you to parse a simple XML document(passed to it using this.href on a onclick event). Virtually the same as JSON, the things that have been changed ate labeled !Important.

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  1. function basicAJAX(file) {//pass a variable into the function
  2. 	var request = getHTTPObject();
  3. 	if(request){
  4. 		request.onreadystatechange = function() {
  5. 			parseResponse(request);
  6. 		};
  7. 		request.open("GET", file, true);//this is where the var is picked up, the location
  8. 		request.send(null);
  9. 	}
  10. }
  11. function parseResponse(request) {
  12. 	if(request.readyState == 4){//waits for the complete before execute.
  13. 		if(request.status == 200 || request.status == 304){
  14. 			var data = request.responseXML;//!Important <-----------------
  15. 			createInfo(data);
  16. 		} else {
  17. 			alert("Something Broke!");
  18. 		}
  19. 	}
  20. }
  21. function createInfo(data) {
  22. 	var holder = document.getElementById("showDiv");//the holder div
  23.  
  24. 	while(holder.hasChildNodes()){
  25. 		holder.removeChild(holder.lastChild);
  26. 	}
  27. 	//grab the info
  28. 	var personName = data.getElementsByTagName("name");//!Important <-----------------
  29. 	var personPosition = data.getElementsByTagName("position");//!Important <-----------------
  30. 	var personEmail = data.getElementsByTagName("email");//!Important <-----------------
  31.  
  32. 	var theUL = document.createElement("ul");
  33. 	//name
  34. 	var nameLI = document.createElement("li");
  35. 	var nameLIText = document.createTextNode(personName[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
  36. 	nameLI.appendChild(nameLIText);
  37. 	theUL.appendChild(nameLI);
  38. 	//position
  39. 	var positionLI = document.createElement("li");
  40. 	var positionLIText = document.createTextNode(personPosition[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
  41. 	positionLI.appendChild(positionLIText);
  42. 	theUL.appendChild(positionLI);
  43. 	//email
  44. 	var emailLI = document.createElement("li");
  45. 	var emailLIText = document.createTextNode(personEmail[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
  46. 	emailLI.appendChild(emailLIText);
  47. 	theUL.appendChild(emailLI);
  48.  
  49. 	holder.appendChild(theUL);
  50. }

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