How to clear/empty a node?

[AllanJun]

I want to clear all the attributes and texts of a node including all the children note. Is there a convenient way to do this?

deleteNode() doesn't work for I need to use the schema of the node later on.

Thx in advance.

[jks_pdx]

It's not entirely clear to me what you are trying to accomplish, but the following code I wrote does what I think you were asking for.

<canvas debug="true">
<dataset name='sample'>
<result>
<item category='Component' type='Utilites'>These are some components
<child label='Grid'/>
<child label='Button'/>
</item>
<item category='Media' type='Content'/>
</result>
</dataset>

<datapointer name='myPointer' xpath="sample:/result/item[1]"/>

<button text='Do it' onclick='clearDP(canvas.myPointer)'>
<method name='clearDP' args='inDP'>
<![CDATA[
Debug.write(inDP);
// we can clear out the text as follows
inDP.setNodeText('');

// we can remove children as follows
var lCopyDP;

lCopyDP = inDP.dupePointer();
if (lCopyDP.selectChild())
{
while(lCopyDP.p)
{
lCopyDP.deleteNode();
}
}

// we can remove attributes as follows
var lAttr;
for (lAttr in inDP.p.attributes)
{
inDP.p.attributes[lAttr] = '';
}

Debug.write(inDP);

]]>
</method>
</button>
</canvas>