xml.DomDocument.getDocumentElement

Returns the root XML Element DomNode object for this DomDocument object.

Syntax

getDocumentElement()
  RETURNS xml.DomNode

Usage

Returns the root XML Element DomNode object for this DomDocument object.

Returns the XML element DomNode object, or NULL.

In case of error, the method throws an exception and sets the STATUS variable. Depending on the error, a human-readable description of the problem is available in the SQLCA.SQLERRM register. See Error handling in GWS calls (STATUS).