Properties
attributes | Contains the list of attributes for this node. Read-only. |
baseName* | Returns the base name for the name qualified with the namespace. Read-only. |
childNodes | Contains a node list containing the children (for nodes that can have children). Read-only. |
data | Contains this node's data, which depends on the node type. Read/write. |
dataType* | Specifies the data type for this node. Read/write. |
definition* | Returns the definition of the node in the DTD or schema. Read-only. |
firstChild | Contains the first child of this node. Read-only. |
lastChild | Returns the last child node. Read-only. |
length | Specifies the length, in characters, of the data. Read-only. |
namespaceURI* | Returns the URI for the namespace. Read-only. |
nextSibling | Contains the next sibling of this node in the parent's child list. Read-only. |
nodeName | Contains the qualified name of the element, attribute, or entity reference, or a fixed string for other node types. Read-only. |
nodeType | Specifies the XML DOM node type, which determines valid values and whether the node can have child nodes. Read-only. |
nodeTypedValue* | Contains this node's value expressed in its defined data type. Read/write. |
nodeTypeString* | Returns the node type in string form. Read-only. |
nodeValue | Contains the text associated with the node. Read/write. |
ownerDocument | Returns the root of the document that contains this node. Read-only. |
parentNode | Contains the parent node (for nodes that can have parents). Read-only. |
parsed* | Contains true if this node and all descendants have been parsed and instantiated, or false if any nodes remain to be parsed. Read-only. |
prefix* | Returns the namespace prefix. Read-only. |
previousSibling | Contains the left sibling of this node. Read-only. |
specified | Indicates whether the node (usually an attribute) is explicitly specified or derived from a default value in the DTD or schema. Read-only. |
text* | Contains the text content of the node and its subtrees. Read/write. |
xml* | Contains the XML representation of the node and all its descendants. Read-only. |
Methods
appendChild | Appends newChild as the last child of this node. |
appendData | Appends the supplied string to the existing string data. |
cloneNode | Creates a new node that is an exact clone of this node. |
deleteData | Deletes the specified substring within the string data. |
hasChildNodes | Returns true if this node has children. |
insertBefore | Inserts a child node to the left of the specified node or at the end of the list. |
insertData | Inserts the supplied string at the specified offset. |
removeChild | Removes the specified child node from the list of children and returns it. |
replaceChild | Replaces the specified old child node with the supplied new child node in the set of children of this node, and returns the old child node. |
selectNodes* | Replaces the specified number of characters with the supplied string. |
selectSingleNode* | Applies the specified pattern-matching operation to this node's context and returns the list of matching nodes. |
specified* | Applies the specified pattern-matching operation to this node's context and returns the first matching node. |
splitText | Breaks this text node into two text nodes at the specified offset and inserts the new text node into the tree as a sibling that immediately follows this node. |
substringData | Retrieves a substring of the full string from the specified range. |
transformNode* | Processes this node and its children using the supplied XSL style sheet, and returns the resulting transformation. |
transformNodeToObject* | Processes this node and its children using the supplied XSL style sheet, and returns the resulting transformation in the supplied object. |
* denotes an extension to the W3C DOM.
See Also