Text Nodes Do Not Always Exist In A ColdFusion XML Document 

<!--- Create a ColdFusion XML document. --->
<cfxml variable="xmlGirl">
 
	<girl>
		<name>Hayden Panettiere</name>
		<age>18</age>
		<height></height>
		<weight></weight>
		<description>
			Hayden played Claire, the Cheerleader, on the hit
			Fox television show, Heroes.
		</description>
	</girl>
 
</cfxml>
 
<!--- Dump out XML document. --->
<cfdump
	var="#xmlGirl#"
	label="Girl: Hayden Panettiere"
	/>

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