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Return the qualified name of the current node.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balxml_reader.h>`

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virtual
char const*
nodeName() const = 0;
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== Description

Return NULL if the current node has no name. The returned pointer is owned by this object and must not be modified or deallocated by the caller. The returned pointer becomes invalid upon the next `advanceToNextNode`, when `close` is called or the reader is destroyed.

== Return Value

the qualified name of the current node, or NULL if it has no name


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