The XML-NODE-TYPE attribute's purpose overlaps with the SERIALIZE-HIDDEN attribute. Because of this overlap, the attributes interact as follows:

• The WRITE-XML( ) method always uses the XML-NODE-TYPE attribute value. If you set a value for the XML-NODE-TYPE attribute, it keeps that value regardless of how you set the SERIALIZE-HIDDEN attribute.
• If you do not set the XML-NODE-TYPE attribute and set the SERIALIZE-HIDDEN attribute to TRUE, the AVM sets XML-NODE-TYPE to "HIDDEN".
• If you do not set the XML-NODE-TYPE attribute and set the SERIALIZE-HIDDEN attribute to FALSE, the AVM sets XML-NODE-TYPE to "ELEMENT".
• If you do not set either attribute, the AVM sets XML-NODE-TYPE to "ELEMENT" and sets SERIALIZE-HIDDEN to FALSE.