Web Services, Part VII: XML Object's Nodes and Types: Setting the Node Name - Doc JavaScript
Web Services, Part VII: XML Object's Nodes and Types
Setting the Node Name
There are twelve node types in the DOMDocument
tree. The nodeName
property of these nodes depends on the node type. In some node types, the nodeName
property reflects a user-given name. For example, the nodeName
property of the attribute node is the name of the property, as assigned by the author. In other node types, the nodeName
property contains a fixed string. For example, the nodeName
property of the text node contains the string "#text"
. The following table lists the nodeName
property of all node types:
Value | nodeTypeString | nodeName |
1 | "element" | Contains the name of the XML tag, with any namespace prefix included if present. |
2 | "attribute" | Contains the name of the attribute. |
3 | "text" | Contains the literal string "#text" . |
4 | "cdatasection" | Contains the literal string "#cdata-section" . |
5 | "entityreference" | Contains the name of the entity referenced. Note that the name does not include the leading ampersand or the trailing semicolon. The name includes the namespace if one is present. |
6 | "entity" | Contains the name of the entity. |
7 | "processinginstruction" | Contains the target; the first token following the <? characters. |
8 | "comment" | Contains the literal string "#comment" . |
9 | "document" | Contains the literal string "#document" . |
10 | "documenttype" | Contains the name of the document type; for example, xxx in <!DOCTYPE xxx ...> . |
11 | "documentfragment" | Contains the literal string "#document-fragment" . |
12 | "notation" | Contains the name of the notation. |
Next: How to create a new node
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