xml.DomNode methods

Methods for the xml.DomNode class.

Table 1. Object methods: Navigation
Name	Description
`getChildrenCount() RETURNS INTEGER`	Returns the number of child DomNode objects for a DomNode object.
`getChildNodeItem( index INTEGER ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the child DomNode object at a given position for a DomNode object.
`getFirstChild() RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the first child DomNode object for this XML Element DomNode object.
`getFirstChildElement() RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the first XML Element child DomNode object for this DomNode object.
`getLastChild() RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the last child DomNode object for a XML Element DomNode object.
`getLastChildElement() RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the last child XML element DomNode object for this DomNode object.
`getNextSibling() RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the DomNode object immediately following a DomNode object.
`getNextSiblingElement() RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the XML Element DomNode object immediately following a DomNode object.
`getParentNode() RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the parent DomNode object for this DomNode object.
`getOwnerDocument() RETURNS xml.DomDocument`	Returns the DomDocument object containing this DomNode object.
`getPreviousSibling() RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the DomNode object immediately preceding a DomNode object.
`getPreviousSiblingElement() RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the XML Element DomNode object immediately preceding a DomNode object.
`hasChildNodes() RETURNS INTEGER`	Returns TRUE if a node has child nodes.

Table 2. Object methods: Manipulation
Name	Description
`clone( deep INTEGER ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns a duplicate DomNode object of a node.
`appendChild( newChild xml.DomNode )`	Adds a child DomNode object to the end of the child list for a DomNode object
`appendChildElement( name STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates and adds a child XML Element node to the end of the list of child nodes for an XML Element DomNode object.
`appendChildElementNS( prefix STRING, name STRING, ns STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates and adds a child namespace qualified XML Element node to the end of the list of child nodes for an XML Element DomNode object.
`addNextSibling( newNode xml.DomNode )`	Adds a DomNode object as the next sibling of a DomNode object.
`addPreviousSibling( newNode xml.DomNode )`	Adds a DomNode object as the previous sibling of a DomNode object.
`insertBeforeChild( newChild xml.DomNode, refChild xml.DomNode )`	Inserts a DomNode object before an existing child DomNode object.
`insertAfterChild( newChild xml.DomNode, refChild xml.DomNode )`	Inserts a DomNode object after an existing child DomNode object.
`prependChild( newChild xml.DomNode )`	Adds a child DomNode object to the beginning of the child list for a DomNode object.
`prependChildElement( name STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates and adds a child XML Element node to the beginning of the list of child nodes for this XML Element DomNode object.
`prependChildElementNS( prefix STRING, name STRING, ns STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates and adds a child namespace-qualified XML Element node to the beginning of the list of child nodes for an XML Element DomNode object.
`removeAllChildren()`	Removes all child DomNode objects from a DomNode object.
`removeChild( oldChild xml.DomNode )`	Removes a child DomNode object from the list of child DomNode objects.
`replaceChild( newChild xml.DomNode, oldChild xml.DomNode )`	Replaces an existing child DomNode with another child DomNode object.

Table 3. Object methods: Access
Name	Description
`getLocalName() RETURNS STRING`	Gets the local name for a DomNode object.
`getNamespaceURI() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the namespace URI for a DomNode object.
`getNodeName() RETURNS STRING`	Gets the name for a DomNode object.
`getNodeType() RETURNS STRING`	Gets the XML type for this DomNode object.
`getNodeValue() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the value for a DomNode object.
`getPrefix() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the prefix for a DomNode object.
`isAttached() RETURNS INTEGER`	Returns whether the node is attached to the XML document.

Table 4. Object methods: Modifier
Name	Description
`setNodeValue( value STRING )`	Sets the node value for a DomNode object.
`setPrefix( prefix STRING )`	Sets the prefix for a DomNode object.
`toString() RETURNS STRING`	Returns a string representation of a DomNode object.

Table 5. Object methods: Attribute
Name	Description
`hasAttribute( name STRING ) RETURNS INTEGER`	Checks whether an XML Element DomNode object has the XML Attribute specified by a specified name.
`hasAttributeNS( name STRING, ns STRING ) RETURNS INTEGER`	Checks whether a namespace qualified XML Attribute of a given name is carried by an XML Element DomNode object.
`getAttributesCount() RETURNS INTEGER`	Returns the number of XML Attribute DomNode objects on this XML Element DomNode object.
`getAttributeNode( name STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns an XML Attribute DomNode object for an XML Element DomNode object
`getAttributeNodeItem( index INTEGER ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the XML Attribute DomNode object at a given position on this XML Element DomNode object.
`getAttributeNodeNS( name STRING, ns STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns a namespace-qualified XML Attribute DomNode object for an XML Element DomNode object
`getAttribute( name STRING ) RETURNS STRING`	Returns the value of a XML Attribute for an XML Element DomNode object
`getAttributeNS( name STRING, ns STRING ) RETURNS STRING`	Returns the value of a namespace qualified XML Attribute for an XML Element DomNode object
`hasAttributes() RETURNS INTEGER`	Identifies whether a node has XML Attribute nodes.
`setAttribute( name STRING, value STRING )`	Sets (or resets) an XML Attribute for an XML Element DomNode object.
`setAttributeNode( attr xml.DomNode )`	Sets (or resets) an XML Attribute DomNode object to an XML Element DomNode object.
`setAttributeNodeNS( attr xml.DomNode )`	Sets (or resets) a namespace-qualified XML Attribute DomNode object to an XML Element DomNode object.
`setAttributeNS( prefix STRING, name STRING, ns STRING, value STRING )`	Sets (or resets) a namespace-qualified XML Attribute for an XML Element DomNode object.
`setIdAttribute( name STRING, isId INTEGER )`	Set the XML Attribute of given name to be of type ID. Declare (or undeclare) the ID as user-determined.
`setIdAttributeNS( name STRING, ns STRING, isId INTEGER )`	Set the namespace-qualified XML Attribute of given name and namespace to be of type ID. Declare (or undeclare) the ID as user-determined.
`removeAttribute( name STRING )`	Removes an XML Attribute for an XML Element DomNode object.
`removeAttributeNS( name STRING, ns STRING )`	Removes a namespace qualified XML Attribute for an XML Element DomNode object

Table 6. Object methods: Search
Name	Description
`getElementsByTagName( tag STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNodeList`	Returns a DomNodeList object containing all XML Element DomNode objects with the same tag name.
`getElementsByTagNameNS( tag STRING, ns STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNodeList`	Returns a DomNodeList object containing all namespace-qualified XML Element DomNode objects with the same tag name and namespace.
`isDefaultNamespace( ns STRING ) RETURNS INTEGER`	Checks whether the specified namespace URI is the default namespace.
`lookupNamespaceURI( prefix STRING ) RETURNS STRING`	Looks up the namespace URI associated to a prefix, starting from a specified node.
`lookupPrefix( ns STRING ) RETURNS STRING`	Looks up the prefix associated to a namespace URI, starting from the specified node.
`selectByXPath( expr STRING [, args ] ) RETURNS xml.DomNodeList`	Returns a DomNodeList object containing all DomNode objects matching an XPath 1.0 expression.