cniCreateElementAsFirstChild

Creates a new syntax element as the first child of the specified syntax element.

Syntax

CciElement* cniCreateElementAsFirstChild(
  int*         returnCode,
  CciElement*  targetElement);

Parameters

returnCode
The return code from the function (output).
targetElement
The address of the element object (input).

Return values

If successful, the address of the new element object is returned. Otherwise, a value of zero (CCI_NULL_ADDR) is returned, and the returnCode parameter indicates the reason for the error.

Related concepts
User-defined message processing nodes
User-defined output nodes

Related tasks
Creating a message processing node in C

Related reference
C language node utility functions
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