Contains the qualified name of the element, attribute, or entity reference, or a fixed string for other node types.
Visual Basic Syntax
strValue = oXMLDOMNode.nodeName
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT get_nodeName( BSTR *name);
Parameters
- name
- [out] Node name, which varies depending on the node type.
C/C++ Return Value
- S_OK
- Value returned if successful.
- E_INVALIDARG
- Value returned if name is null.
Remarks
This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.
- NODE_ATTRIBUTE
The name of the attribute.
- NODE_CDATA_SECTION
The literal string "#cdata-section".
- NODE_COMMENT
The literal string "#comment".
- NODE_DOCUMENT
The literal string "#document".
- NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE
The name of the document type. For example, xxx in <!DOCTYPE xxx ...>.
- NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT
The literal string "#document-fragment".
- NODE_ELEMENT
The name of the XML tag, with any namespace prefix included if present.
- NODE_ENTITY
The name of the entity.
- NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE
The name of the entity referenced. Note that the name does not include the leading ampersand or the trailing semicolon. The name includes the namespace if one is present.
- NODE_NOTATION
The name of the notation.
- NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION
The target; the first token following the <? characters.
- NODE_TEXT
The literal string "#text". This method returns the qualified name for the element, attribute, or entity reference. For example, it returns xxx:yyy for the element <xxx:yyy>. The nodeName property always returns a non-empty string.