Returns the definition of the node in the DTD or schema.
Visual Basic Syntax
Set objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.definition
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT get_definition(
IXMLDOMNode **definitionNode);
Parameters
definitionNode
[out]
Node that contains the definition for the entity referenced.
C/C++ Return Values
S_OK
Value returned if successful.
S_FALSE
Value when returning null.
E_INVALIDARG
Value returned if definitionNode is null.
Remarks
This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.
| NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE | Returns the node for the entity referenced; that is, returns the ENTITY element that was defined for a given ENTITYREF. Given the ENTITYREF &x;, for example, the definition property returns the node in the DOCTYPE node's entity collection that defines the corresponding ENTITY: <!ENTITY x "y">. |
| NODE_ENTITY | For unparsed entities, returns the NOTATION definition from the DOCTYPE node's notation collection. For example, given the ENTITY <!ENTITY networth SYSTEM "networth.xls" NDATA XLS>, the definition property returns the node corresponding to the notation <!NOTATION XLS PUBLIC "http://www.microsoft.com/office/excel/">. For parsed entities, returns NULL. |
| NODE_ATTRIBUTE | Returns the XML-Data Schema AttributeType for a given ATTRIBUTE node. For example, the definition property for the attribute myAttribute="123" returns the node corresponding to the element <AttributeType name="myAttribute"> in the schema. Returns NULL when a DTD (document type definition) is used or when no schema is present. |
| NODE_ELEMENT | Returns the XML-Data Schema ElementType for a given ELEMENT node. For example, given the element <myelement>, the definition property returns the node <ElementType name="myelement"> in the specified external schema. Returns NULL when a DTD is used or when no schema is present. |
| NODE_CDATA_SECTION, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE, NODE_NOTATION, NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, NODE_TEXT | Returns NULL. |
This member is an extension of the W3C DOM.