fxml_getElementInfo: Handling flat XML files
In flatxml: Tools for Working with XML Files as R Dataframes

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Returns summary information on an XML element.

1	fxml_getElementInfo(xmlflat.df, elemid)

`xmlflat.df`	A flat XML dataframe created with `fxml_importXMLFlat`.
`elemid`	The ID of the XML element. The ID is the value of the `elemid.` field in the flat XML dataframe.

A list with the following elements:

value: The value of the XML element; return value of the fxml_getValue function.
path: A vector representing the path from the root element of the XML element document to the current element. Each XML element on the path is represented by a element of the vector. The vector elements are the names of the XML elements on the path.
depth.level: The depth level (hierarchy level) of the XML element; return value of the fxml_getDepthLevel function.
attributes: A named vector with the attributes of the XML element (vector elements are the attributes' values, names of the vector elements are the attributes' names; return value of the fxml_getAttributesAll function.
parent: The parent of the XML element; return value of the fxml_getParent function.
children: The children of the XML element; return value of the fxml_getChildren function.
siblings: The siblings of the XML element; return value of the fxml_getSiblings function.

Joachim Zuckarelli joachim@zuckarelli.de

fxml_getElement, fxml_getValue, fxml_getDepthLevel, fxml_getAttribute, fxml_getChildren, fxml_getParent, fxml_getSiblings

# Load example file with population data from United Nations Statistics Division
# and create flat dataframe
example <- system.file("worldpopulation.xml", package="flatxml")
xml.dataframe <- fxml_importXMLFlat(example)

# Get all relevant information on the XML element with ID 4 (xml.dataframe$elemid. ==  4)
fxml_getElementInfo(xml.dataframe, 4)