Parent topic: The DomNode class
The om package / The DomNode class

om.DomNode methods

Methods of the om.DomNode class.

Table 1. Object methods: Node creation
Name Description 
appendChild(
   node om.DomNode )
 Adds an existing node at the end of the list of children in the current node. 
createChild(
   tag STRING )
  RETURNING result om.DomNode
 Creates and adds an node at the end of the list of children in the current node. 
insertBefore(
   new om.DomNode,
   existing om.DomNode )
 Inserts an existing node before the existing node specified. 
removeChild(
   node om.DomNode )
 Deletes the specified child node from the current node. 
replaceChild(
   new om.DomNode,
   old om.DomNode )
 Replaces a node by another in the children nodes of the current node.
Table 2. Object methods: In/Out
Name Description 
loadXml(
   filename STRING )
  RETURNING result om.DomNode
 Load an XML file into the current node. 
parse(
   string STRING )
  RETURNING result om.DomNode
 Parses an XML formatted string and creates the DOM structure in the current node. 
toString()
  RETURNING result STRING
 Serializes the current node into an XML formatted string. 
writeXml(
   filename STRING )
 Creates an XML file from the current DOM node. 
write(
   sdh om.SaxDocumentHandler )
 Processes a DOM document with a SAX document handler.
Table 3. Object methods: Node identification
Name Description 
getId()
  RETURNING result INTEGER
 Returns the internal AUI tree id of a DOM node. 
getTagName()
  RETURNING result STRING
 Returns the XML tag name of a DOM node.
Table 4. Object methods: Attributes management
Name Description 
setAttribute(
   name STRING,
   value STRING )
 Sets the value of a DOM node attribute. 
getAttribute(
   name STRING )
  RETURNING result STRING
 Returns the value of a DOM node attribute. 
getAttributeInteger(
   name STRING,
   def STRING )
  RETURNING result INTEGER
 Returns the value of a DOM node attribute, with default integer value. 
getAttributeString(
   name STRING,
   def STRING )
  RETURNING result STRING
 Returns the value of a DOM node attribute, with default string value. 
getAttributesCount()
  RETURNING result INTEGER
 Returns the number of attributes in the DOM node. 
getAttributeName(
   index INTEGER )
  RETURNING result STRING
 Returns the name of a DOM node attribute by position. 
getAttributeValue(
   index INTEGER )
  RETURNING result STRING
 Returns the value of a DOM node attribute by position. 
removeAttribute(
   name STRING )
  RETURNING result STRING
 Delete the specified attribute from the DOM node.
Table 5. Object methods: Tree navigation
Name Description 
getChildCount()
  RETURNING result INTEGER
 Returns the number of children nodes. 
getChildByIndex(
   index INTEGER )
  RETURNING result om.DomNode
 Returns a child DOM node by position. 
getFirstChild()
  RETURNING result om.DomNode
 Returns the first child DOM node. 
getLastChild()
  RETURNING result om.DomNode
 Returns the last child DOM node. 
getNext()
  RETURNING result om.DomNode
 Returns the next sibling DOM node of this node. 
getParent()
  RETURNING result om.DomNode
 Returns the parent DOM node. 
getPrevious()
  RETURNING result om.DomNode
 Returns previous sibling DOM node of this node. 
selectByTagName(
   tagname STRING )
  RETURNING result om.NodeList
 Finds descendant DOM nodes according to a tag name. 
selectByPath(
   xpath STRING )
  RETURNING result om.NodeList
 Finds descendant DOM nodes according to an XPath-like pattern.
Parent topic: The DomNode class