Question

Is there a name for a pre-loaded AJAX object stored in memory?

If I wanted to use this code:

function GetXML() {
    $.ajax({
        type: "GET",
        url: "questions.xml",
        dataType: "xml",
        success: function(xml) {

        } //close success
    });//close AJAX     
}; //close function GetXML

to load some XML, how would I store this data on an object? Would I have to create a new variable on the object to store this XML? That’s what I’ve found. If so, what would the type would the variable be? (e.g. String, Int, something of that nature)

Would it be ‘Object XML‘ or something of that sort?

Thanks, Elliot Bonneville

Answer 1

Since you are setting dataType: 'xml' in the AJAX request, jQuery will parse the response into an XMLDocument object.

Note that there are certain circumstances where you will need to do this manually. (Related to an IE bug, of course)