Regarding XML Parsing

Question

I am using IXMLDOMNodeListPtr , IXMLDOMNodePtr , IXMLDOMElementPtr and IXMLDOMDocPtr. I am having little confusion over here i.e. Should i have to call Release() on these pointers before they go out of scope.

Thanks.

Answer 1

AFAIK, no. These XXXPtr types are typdefs for instantations of the _com_ptr_t template class. This class is essentially a smart COM ptr wrapper class and deals with calls to AddRef and Release for you.