om.DomNode methods

Methods of the om.DomNode class.

Table 1. Object methods: Node creation
Name	Description
`appendChild( newChild om.DomNode )`	Adds an existing node at the end of the list of children in the current node.
`createChild( tagName STRING ) RETURNS om.DomNode`	Creates and adds a node at the end of the list of children in the current node.
`insertBefore( newChild om.DomNode, oldChild om.DomNode)`	Inserts an existing node before the existing node specified.
`removeChild( oldChild om.DomNode )`	Deletes the specified child node from the current node.
`replaceChild( newChild om.DomNode, oldChild om.DomNode)`	Replaces a node by another in the child nodes of the current node.

Table 2. Object methods: In/Out
Name	Description
`loadXml( path STRING ) RETURNS om.DomNode`	Load an XML file into the current node.
`parse( s STRING ) RETURNS om.DomNode`	Parses an XML formatted string and creates the DOM structure in the current node.
`toString() RETURNS STRING`	Serializes the current node into an XML formatted string.
`write( sdh om.SaxDocumentHandler )`	Processes a DOM document with a SAX document handler.
`writeXml( path STRING )`	Creates an XML file from the current DOM node.

Table 3. Object methods: Node identification
Name	Description
`getId() RETURNS INTEGER`	Returns the internal AUI tree id of a DOM node.
`getTagName() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the XML tag name of a DOM node.

Table 4. Object methods: Attributes management
Name	Description
`getAttribute( name STRING ) RETURNS STRING`	Returns the value of a DOM node attribute.
`getAttributesCount() RETURNS INTEGER`	Returns the number of attributes in the DOM node.
`getAttributeInteger( name STRING, defaultValue STRING ) RETURNS INTEGER`	Returns the value of a DOM node attribute, with default integer value.
`getAttributeString( name STRING, defaultValue STRING ) RETURNS STRING`	Returns the value of a DOM node attribute, with default string value.
`getAttributeName( index INTEGER ) RETURNS STRING`	Returns the name of a DOM node attribute by position.
`getAttributeValue( index INTEGER ) RETURNS STRING`	Returns the value of a DOM node attribute by position.
`setAttribute( name STRING, value STRING )`	Sets the value of a DOM node attribute.
`removeAttribute( name STRING )`	Delete the specified attribute from the DOM node.

Table 5. Object methods: Tree navigation
Name	Description
`getChildByIndex( index INTEGER ) RETURNS om.DomNode`	Returns a child DOM node by position.
`getChildCount() RETURNS INTEGER`	Returns the number of children nodes.
`getFirstChild() RETURNS om.DomNode`	Returns the first child DOM node.
`getLastChild() RETURNS om.DomNode`	Returns the last child DOM node.
`getNext() RETURNS om.DomNode`	Returns the next sibling DOM node of this node.
`getParent() RETURNS om.DomNode`	Returns the parent DOM node.
`getPrevious() RETURNS om.DomNode`	Returns previous sibling DOM node of this node.
`selectByPath( path STRING ) RETURNS om.NodeList`	Finds descendant DOM nodes from an XPath-like pattern.
`selectByTagName( tagName STRING ) RETURNS om.NodeList`	Finds descendant DOM nodes based on a tag name.