# XML.nodeName

#### Availability

Flash Player 5.

#### Usage

    my_xml.nodeName

#### Description

Property; takes or returns the node name of the XML object. If the XML object is an XML element (`nodeType` == 1), `nodeName` is the name of the tag representing the node in the XML file. For example, `TITLE` is the nodeName of an HTML `TITLE` tag. If the XML object is a text node (`nodeType` == 3), the nodeName is `null`.

#### See also

`XML.nodeType`