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5713.6.2.5 Document Objects
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60<P>
61A <tt class="class">Document</tt> represents an entire XML document, including its
62constituent elements, attributes, processing instructions, comments
63etc. Remeber that it inherits properties from <tt class="class">Node</tt>.
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66<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-4393' xml:id='l2h-4393' class="member">documentElement</tt></b></dt>
67<dd>
68The one and only root element of the document.
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72<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
73 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-4394' xml:id='l2h-4394' class="method">createElement</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
74 <td><var>tagName</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
75<dd>
76Create and return a new element node. The element is not inserted
77into the document when it is created. You need to explicitly insert
78it with one of the other methods such as <tt class="method">insertBefore()</tt> or
79<tt class="method">appendChild()</tt>.
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83<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
84 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-4395' xml:id='l2h-4395' class="method">createElementNS</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
85 <td><var>namespaceURI, tagName</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
86<dd>
87Create and return a new element with a namespace. The
88<var>tagName</var> may have a prefix. The element is not inserted into the
89document when it is created. You need to explicitly insert it with
90one of the other methods such as <tt class="method">insertBefore()</tt> or
91<tt class="method">appendChild()</tt>.
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95<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
96 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-4396' xml:id='l2h-4396' class="method">createTextNode</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
97 <td><var>data</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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99Create and return a text node containing the data passed as a
100parameter. As with the other creation methods, this one does not
101insert the node into the tree.
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105<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
106 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-4397' xml:id='l2h-4397' class="method">createComment</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
107 <td><var>data</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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109Create and return a comment node containing the data passed as a
110parameter. As with the other creation methods, this one does not
111insert the node into the tree.
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115<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
116 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-4398' xml:id='l2h-4398' class="method">createProcessingInstruction</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
117 <td><var>target, data</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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119Create and return a processing instruction node containing the
120<var>target</var> and <var>data</var> passed as parameters. As with the other
121creation methods, this one does not insert the node into the tree.
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125<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
126 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-4399' xml:id='l2h-4399' class="method">createAttribute</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
127 <td><var>name</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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129Create and return an attribute node. This method does not associate
130the attribute node with any particular element. You must use
131<tt class="method">setAttributeNode()</tt> on the appropriate <tt class="class">Element</tt> object
132to use the newly created attribute instance.
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136<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
137 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-4400' xml:id='l2h-4400' class="method">createAttributeNS</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
138 <td><var>namespaceURI, qualifiedName</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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140Create and return an attribute node with a namespace. The
141<var>tagName</var> may have a prefix. This method does not associate the
142attribute node with any particular element. You must use
143<tt class="method">setAttributeNode()</tt> on the appropriate <tt class="class">Element</tt> object
144to use the newly created attribute instance.
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149 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-4401' xml:id='l2h-4401' class="method">getElementsByTagName</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
150 <td><var>tagName</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
151<dd>
152Search for all descendants (direct children, children's children,
153etc.) with a particular element type name.
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158 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-4402' xml:id='l2h-4402' class="method">getElementsByTagNameNS</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
159 <td><var>namespaceURI, localName</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
160<dd>
161Search for all descendants (direct children, children's children,
162etc.) with a particular namespace URI and localname. The localname is
163the part of the namespace after the prefix.
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