4.2

Method Returns Description
createTextNode(String):XMLNode XMLNode
Creates a text node.
getChildNodes():Object Object
Gets all child nodes.
getDocumentElement():XMLElement XMLElement
Allows direct access to the child node
that is at the root element of the
document.
getElementsByTagName(String):Ob
ject
Object
Returns an XMLNodeList of all elements
with a given tag name in the order in
which they are encountered in a pre-
ordered traversal of the XMLDocument
tree.
insertBefore(XMLNode,XMLNode):O
bject
Object
Inserts a newChild node before the
existing child node refChild. If
refChild is null, the newChild node is
inserted at the end of list of child nodes.
If the newChild node exists in the tree,
it is first removed.
normalize():Object Object
Normalizes the document.
removeChild(XMLNode):Object Object
Removes the child node indicated by
oldChild from the list of child nodes
and returns it.
replaceChild(XMLNode,XMLNode):O
bject
Object
Replaces the oldChild node with a
newChild node in the list of child nodes
and returns the oldChild node. If the
newChild node exists in the tree, it is
first removed.
XMLElement Class
The XMLElement class is the main element class.
The XMLElement class defines the following attributes.
Attribute Returns Description
tagName String
The tag name
textContent String
The text content
The XMLElement class defines the following methods.
Method Returns Description
appendChild(XMLNode):Object Object
Adds a newChild node to the end of the
list of child nodes of this node. If the
newChild node exists in the tree, it is
first removed.
cloneNode(boolean):Object Object
Clones a node.
getAttributes():Object Object
Contains the attributes of an element.
getChildNodes():XMLNodeList XMLNodeList
Gets all child nodes.
getElementsByTagName(String):Ob
ject
Object
Returns an XMLNodeList of all elements
with a given tag name in the order in
which they are encountered in a pre-
ordered traversal of the current element
tree.
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