om.DomDocument methods

Methods of the om.DomDocument class.

Table 1. Class methods
Name Description 
om.DomDocument.create(
   tagName STRING )
  RETURNS om.DomDocument
 Create a new empty om.DomDocument object. 
om.DomDocument.createFromString(
   s STRING )
  RETURNS om.DomDocument
 Create a new om.DomDocument object from an XML string. 
om.DomDocument.createFromXmlFile(
   path STRING )
  RETURNS om.DomDocument
 Create a new om.DomDocument object from a XML file.
Table 2. Object methods
Name Description 
createChars(
   value STRING )
  RETURNS om.DomNode
 Create a new text node in the DOM document. 
createElement(
   tagName STRING )
  RETURNS om.DomNode
 Create a new element node in the DOM document. 
createEntity(
   value STRING )
  RETURNS om.DomNode
 Create a new entity node in the DOM document. 
copy(
   old om.DomNode,
   deep INTEGER )
  RETURNS om.DomNode
 Create a new element node by copying an existing node. 
getDocumentById(
   id INTEGER )
  RETURNS om.DomNode
 Returns a node element ID based on the internal AUI tree id. 
getDocumentElement()
  RETURNS om.DomNode
 Returns the root node element of the DOM document. 
removeElement(
   oldChild om.DomNode )
 Remove a DomNode object and all its descendants.