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13.6.2.5 Document Objects
A
<tt class=
"class">Document
</tt> represents an entire XML document, including its
constituent elements, attributes, processing instructions, comments
etc. Remeber that it inherits properties from
<tt class=
"class">Node
</tt>.
<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-
4393' xml:id='l2h-
4393'
class=
"member">documentElement
</tt></b></dt>
The one and only root element of the document.
<dl><dt><table cellpadding=
"0" cellspacing=
"0"><tr valign=
"baseline">
<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
4394' xml:id='l2h-
4394'
class=
"method">createElement
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>tagName
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
Create and return a new element node. The element is not inserted
into the document when it is created. You need to explicitly insert
it with one of the other methods such as
<tt class=
"method">insertBefore()
</tt> or
<tt class=
"method">appendChild()
</tt>.
<dl><dt><table cellpadding=
"0" cellspacing=
"0"><tr valign=
"baseline">
<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
4395' xml:id='l2h-
4395'
class=
"method">createElementNS
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>namespaceURI, tagName
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
Create and return a new element with a namespace. The
<var>tagName
</var> may have a prefix. The element is not inserted into the
document when it is created. You need to explicitly insert it with
one of the other methods such as
<tt class=
"method">insertBefore()
</tt> or
<tt class=
"method">appendChild()
</tt>.
<dl><dt><table cellpadding=
"0" cellspacing=
"0"><tr valign=
"baseline">
<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
4396' xml:id='l2h-
4396'
class=
"method">createTextNode
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>data
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
Create and return a text node containing the data passed as a
parameter. As with the other creation methods, this one does not
insert the node into the tree.
<dl><dt><table cellpadding=
"0" cellspacing=
"0"><tr valign=
"baseline">
<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
4397' xml:id='l2h-
4397'
class=
"method">createComment
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>data
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
Create and return a comment node containing the data passed as a
parameter. As with the other creation methods, this one does not
insert the node into the tree.
<dl><dt><table cellpadding=
"0" cellspacing=
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"baseline">
<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
4398' xml:id='l2h-
4398'
class=
"method">createProcessingInstruction
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>target, data
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
Create and return a processing instruction node containing the
<var>target
</var> and
<var>data
</var> passed as parameters. As with the other
creation methods, this one does not insert the node into the tree.
<dl><dt><table cellpadding=
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<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
4399' xml:id='l2h-
4399'
class=
"method">createAttribute
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>name
</var>)
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Create and return an attribute node. This method does not associate
the attribute node with any particular element. You must use
<tt class=
"method">setAttributeNode()
</tt> on the appropriate
<tt class=
"class">Element
</tt> object
to use the newly created attribute instance.
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4400' xml:id='l2h-
4400'
class=
"method">createAttributeNS
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>namespaceURI, qualifiedName
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
Create and return an attribute node with a namespace. The
<var>tagName
</var> may have a prefix. This method does not associate the
attribute node with any particular element. You must use
<tt class=
"method">setAttributeNode()
</tt> on the appropriate
<tt class=
"class">Element
</tt> object
to use the newly created attribute instance.
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4401' xml:id='l2h-
4401'
class=
"method">getElementsByTagName
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>tagName
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
Search for all descendants (direct children, children's children,
etc.) with a particular element type name.
<dl><dt><table cellpadding=
"0" cellspacing=
"0"><tr valign=
"baseline">
<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
4402' xml:id='l2h-
4402'
class=
"method">getElementsByTagNameNS
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>namespaceURI, localName
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
Search for all descendants (direct children, children's children,
etc.) with a particular namespace URI and localname. The localname is
the part of the namespace after the prefix.
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