invoking javascript on in jsp

[pankaj_salwan]

hi!!

i have a jsp file and i have to invoke javascript function in jsp file..actually i have a xml file and i had parsed that xml in this function ..i had to invoke value based on the key ..i mean i want that function to return certain value ..following is the function in script tag

function parseXML()
{
try //Internet Explorer
{
xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
}
catch(e)
{
try //Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
{
xmlDoc=document.implementation.createDocument(""," ",null);
}
catch(e)
{
alert(e.message);
return;
}
}
xmlDoc.async=false;
xmlDoc.load("mytext1.xml");
var x=xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes;
for (var i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
if (x[i].nodeType==1)
{
//Process only element (nodeType 1) nodes
document.write(x[i].nodeName + ": ");
document.write("value="+xmlDoc.getElementsByTagNam e(x[i].nodeName)[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
var y=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName(x[i].nodeName)[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
document.write("y="+y);
}
}
return(y);
}





........i am invoking this function like this

<tr>
<td nowrap width=200>
<p class="formHeader"><a href="parseXML()">Abone</a> </p>
</td>
</tr>

[roots]

Where is the problem .. ??

[pankaj_salwan]

i am not getting expected output..i want to get value based on key as a return value from the function ...

[roots]

Try javascript debugger, "Firebug" is good one.
I think .. a href = "javascript:yourMethodName.." is the proper way of doing it.