How to find associated text frame with XML element?

Hello experts, I am new to InDesign CS SDK and have a question.
I am building an Extension to import an XML document into an InDesign template. As the content in XML can be unpredictable, in the Extension, I want to loop through all the XML elements and make sure it has associated text frames, and if it doesn't, I want to create a text frame and set the content to the text frame.
I think I figured out how to create a new text frame in page and set the content in the frame, but I am having difficulty finding an associated text frame for an XML element.
If anyone has a sample code finding a text frame for an XML element, I appriciate it. Or if anyone can tell me what document I need to look, it will be great too.
Thanks,

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UID MyClassName::GetFrameForXMLElement(IIDXMLElement* inXMLElement)
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