xml.DomDocument methods

Methods for the xml.DomDocument class.

Name Description

Table 1. Class methods: Creation
Name	Description
`xml.DomDocument.Create() RETURNS xml.DomDocument`	Constructor of an empty DomDocument object.
`xml.DomDocument.CreateDocument( name STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomDocument`	Constructor of a DomDocument with a XML root element.
`xml.DomDocument.CreateDocumentNS( prefix STRING, name STRING, ns STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomDocument`	Constructor of a DomDocument with a root namespace-qualified XML root element

xml.DomDocument.Create()
  RETURNS xml.DomDocument

Constructor of an empty DomDocument object.

xml.DomDocument.CreateDocument(
   name STRING )
  RETURNS xml.DomDocument

Constructor of a DomDocument with a XML root element.

xml.DomDocument.CreateDocumentNS(
   prefix STRING,
   name STRING,
   ns STRING )
  RETURNS xml.DomDocument

Constructor of a DomDocument with a root namespace-qualified XML root element

Table 2. Object methods: Navigation
Name	Description
`getDocumentElement() RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the root XML Element DomNode object for this DomDocument object.
`getDocumentNodesCount() RETURNS INTEGER`	Returns the number of child DomNode objects for a DomDocument object.
`getDocumentNodeItem( index INTEGER ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the child DomNode object at a given position for this DomDocument object.
`getElementById( id STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the element that has an attribute of type ID with the given value.
`getElementsByTagName( tag STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNodeList`	Returns a DomNodeList object containing all XML Element DomNode objects with the same tag name in the entire document.
`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 in the entire document
`getFirstDocumentNode() RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the first child DomNode object for a DomDocument object.
`getLastDocumentNode() RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Returns the last child DomNode object in a DomDocument object.
`selectByXPath( expr STRING [, args ] ) RETURNS xml.DomNodeList`	Returns a DomNodeList object containing all DomNode objects matching a XPath 1.0 expression.

Table 3. Object methods: Management
Name	Description
`appendDocumentNode( n xml.DomNode )`	Adds a child DomNode object to the end of the DomNode children for this DomDocument object.
`clone() RETURNS xml.DomDocument`	Returns a copy of a DomDocument object.
`declareNamespace( node xml.DomNode, alias STRING, ns STRING )`	Forces namespace declaration to a XML Element DomNode for a DomDocument object.
`insertAfterDocumentNode( newNode xml.DomNode, ref xml.DomNode )`	Inserts a child DomNode object after another child DomNode in a DomDocument object.
`insertBeforeDocumentNode( newNode xml.DomNode, ref xml.DomNode )`	Inserts a child DomNode object before another child DomNode for this DomDocument object.
`importNode( n xml.DomNode deep INTEGER ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Imports a DomNode from a DomDocument object into its new context (attached to a DomDocument object).
`prependDocumentNode( n xml.DomNode )`	Adds a child DomNode object to the beginning of the DomNode children of a DomDocument object
`removeDocumentNode( n xml.DomNode )`	Removes a child DomNode object from the DomNode children in a DomDocument object.

Table 4. Object methods: Node Creation
Name	Description
`createAttribute( elt STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates a XML Attribute DomNode object for a DomDocument object.
`createAttributeNS( prefix STRING, elt STRING, ns STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates a XML namespace-qualified Attribute DomNode object for a DomDocument object.
`createCDATASection( data STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates an XML CData DomNode object for a DomDocument object.
`createComment( cmt STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates a XML Comment DomNode object for a DomDocument object.
`createDocumentFragment() RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates a XML Document Fragment DomNode object for a DomDocument object.
`createDocumentType( name STRING, publicID STRING, systemID STRING, internalSubset STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates a XML Document Type (DTD) DomNode object for a DomDocument object.
`createElement( elt STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates a XML Element DomNode object for a DomDocument object
`createElementNS( prefix STRING, elt STRING, ns STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates a XML namespace-qualified Element DomNode object for a DomDocument object.
`createEntityReference( entity STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates a XML EntityReference DomNode object for a DomDocument object
`createNode( str STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates a XML DomNode object from a string for a DomDocument object.
`createProcessingInstruction( target STRING, data STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates a XML Processing Instruction DomNode object for this DomDocument object.
`createTextNode( txt STRING ) RETURNS xml.DomNode`	Creates a XML Text DomNode object for a DomDocument object.

Table 5. Object methods: Load and Save
Name	Description
`load( filename STRING )`	Loads a XML Document into a DomDocument object from a file or an URL.
`loadFromPipe( name STRING )`	Loads a XML Document into a DomDocument object from a PIPE.
`loadFromString( xmlstr STRING )`	Loads a XML Document into a DomDocument object from a string.
`normalize()`	Normalizes the entire Document.
`save( filename STRING )`	Saves a DomDocument object as a XML Document to a file or URL.
`saveToPipe( name STRING )`	Saves a DomDocument object as an XML Document to a PIPE.
`saveToString() RETURNS STRING`	Saves a DomDocument object as a XML Document to a string.

Table 6. Object methods: Configuration
Name	Description
`getFeature( property STRING) RETURNS STRING`	Gets a feature for a DomDocument object.
`getXmlEncoding() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the document encoding as defined in the XML document declaration.
`getXmlVersion() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the document version as defined in the XML document declaration.
`isXmlStandalone() RETURNS INTEGER`	Checks whether the XML standalone attribute is set in the XML declaration.
`setFeature( property STRING, value STRING)`	Sets a feature for a DomDocument object.
`setXmlEncoding( encoding STRING )`	Sets the XML document encoding in the XML declaration.
`setXmlStandalone( alone INTEGER )`	Sets the XML standalone attribute in the XML declaration to "yes" or "no" in the XML declaration, or removes the standalone attribute.

Table 7. Object methods: Validation
Name	Description
`validate( ) RETURNS INTEGER`	Performs a DTD or XML Schema validation for a DomDocument object.
`validateOneElement( elt xml.DomNode ) RETURNS INTEGER`	Performs a DTD or XML Schema validation of a XML Element DomNode object.

Table 8. Object methods: Error Management
Name	Description
`getErrorsCount() RETURNS INTEGER`	Returns the number of errors encountered during the loading, saving or validation of a XML document.
`getErrorDescription( index INTEGER ) RETURNS STRING`	Returns the error description at the given position.