DOM - The Document object

Take a look at the XML file used in the examples: note.xml

Examples

documentElement
How to return the node name of the root element.

createCDATASection
How to create a CDATA node and then append it to the nodeList.

createComment
How to create a comment node and then append it to the nodeList.

createElement
How to create an element and then append it to the nodeList.

createTextNode
How to create a text node then append the text node to the nodeList.

getElementsByTagName
How to return the value of a specified node.

The Document object

The document object is the root element in the node tree. All nodes in the node tree are childNodes of the document element. The document element is required in all XML documents. The properties and methods of the Document object are listed below:

W3C Properties

Property	Description
documentElement	Returns the root element of the document
doctype	Returns the DTD or Schema for the document.
implementation	Returns the implementation object for this particular document

W3C Methods

Method	Description
createAttribute(attributeName)	Creates an attribute node with the specified attribute name
createCDATASection(text)	Creates a CDATASection, containing the specified text
createComment(text)	Creates a comment node, containing the specified text
createDocumentFragment()	Creates an empty documentFragment object
createElement(tagName)	Creates an element with the specified tagName
createEntityReference(referenceName)	Creates an entityReference with the specified referenceName
createProcessingInstruction(target,text)	Creates a processingInstruction node, containing the specified target and text
createTextNode(text)	Creates a text node, containing the specified text
getElementsByTagName(tagName)	Returns the specified node, and all its child nodes, as a nodeList

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