13.5.2.5 Document Objects
A Document represents an entire XML document, including its
constituent elements, attributes, processing instructions, comments
etc. Remeber that it inherits properties from Node.
- documentElement
-
The one and only root element of the document.
- createElement(tagName)
-
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 insertBefore() or
appendChild().
- createElementNS(namespaceURI, tagName)
-
Create and return a new element with a namespace. The
tagName 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 insertBefore() or
appendChild().
- createTextNode(data)
-
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.
- createComment(data)
-
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.
- createProcessingInstruction(target, data)
-
Create and return a processing instruction node containing the
target and data passed as parameters. As with the other
creation methods, this one does not insert the node into the tree.
- createAttribute(name)
-
Create and return an attribute node. This method does not associate
the attribute node with any particular element. You must use
setAttributeNode() on the appropriate Element object
to use the newly created attribute instance.
- createAttributeNS(namespaceURI, qualifiedName)
-
Create and return an attribute node with a namespace. The
tagName may have a prefix. This method does not associate the
attribute node with any particular element. You must use
setAttributeNode() on the appropriate Element object
to use the newly created attribute instance.
- getElementsByTagName(tagName)
-
Search for all descendants (direct children, children's children,
etc.) with a particular element type name.
- getElementsByTagNameNS(namespaceURI, localName)
-
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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