property dataType

    var factory = shell.serviceManager.maxiXML.factory;
    var dom = factory.createDOMDocumentFromPath("c:\\document.xml", false);
    var dataType = dom.documentElement.dataType;
    if(dataType == "string")
    {
        var nameString = dom.documentElement.nodeValue;
    }
    else if(dataType == "int")
    {
        var count = dom.documentElement.nodeValue;
    }