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Sukesh
Sukesh

Reputation: 99

Syntax to remove attribute from an element

Is there a way to remove an attribute from an element? I know an attribute can be replaced as shown below. 

var node = new NodeBuilder();
node.addAttribute("myAttribute", "attributeValue");     
xdmp.nodeReplace(attributeElement.getAttributeNode("myAttribute"),node.toNode());

But I want to completely remove the attribute from an element.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 447

Answers (1)

grtjn
grtjn

Reputation: 20414

You are probably looking for xdmp.nodeDelete.

It may sound a bit strange, but it also works on attributes:

declareUpdate();
xdmp.documentInsert("/test.xml", xdmp.unquote('<test a="x" b="y">text</test>'));

followed by:

declareUpdate();
xdmp.nodeDelete(cts.doc("/test.xml").xpath("/test/@a"))

Keep in mind though, these functions only work on nodes persisted in the database.

HTH!

Upvotes: 3

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