# XML.xmlDecl

#### Availability

Flash Player 5.

#### Usage

`my_xml``.xmlDecl`

#### Description

Property; specifies information about a document's XML declaration. After the XML document is parsed into an XML object, this property is set to the text of the document's XML declaration. This property is set using a string representation of the XML declaration, not an XML node object. If no XML declaration was encountered during a parse operation, the property is set to `undefined`.`XML.` The `toString` method outputs the contents of `XML.xmlDecl` before any other text in the XML object. If `XML.xmlDecl` contains the `undefined` type, no XML declaration is output.

#### Example

The following example uses `XML.xmlDecl` to set the XML document declaration for an XML object.

    my_xml.xmlDecl = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" ?>";

The following is an example of XML Declaration:

    <?xml version="1.0" ?>

#### See also

`XML.docTypeDecl`, `XML.toString()`