2.2.2 [DOM Level 1] Section 1.2, Fundamental Interfaces
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Some languages and object systems do not support the concept of exceptions. For such systems, error conditions may be indicated using native error reporting mechanisms. For some bindings, for example, methods may return error codes similar to those listed in the corresponding method descriptions.
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The DOMException interface is not supported; instead, an HRESULT value is supported.
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IDL Definition exception DOMException { unsigned short code; };
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The DOMException interface is not supported; instead, an HRESULT value is supported.
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hasFeature Method Test if the DOM implementation implements a specific feature. Parameters feature The package name of the feature to test. In Level 1, the legal values are "HTML" and "XML" (case-insensitive). version This is the version number of the package name to test. In Level 1, this is the string "1.0". If the version is not specified, supporting any version of the feature will cause the method to return true. Return Value true if the feature is implemented in the specified version, false otherwise. This method raises no exceptions.
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The hasFeature method of the DOMException
exception does not return true when the version
parameter is not specified even if the feature is supported.
For example, the following method call returns false:
hasFeature("XML", "");
However, the following method call returns true:
hasFeature("XML", "1.0");
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interface Document : Node { readonly attribute DocumentType doctype; readonly attribute DOMImplementation implementation; readonly attribute Element documentElement; Element createElement(in DOMString tagName) raises(DOMException); DocumentFragment createDocumentFragment(); Text createTextNode(in DOMString data); Comment createComment(in DOMString data); CDATASection createCDATASection(in DOMString data) raises(DOMException); ProcessingInstruction createProcessingInstruction(in DOMString target, in DOMString data) raises(DOMException); Attr createAttribute(in DOMString name) raises(DOMException); EntityReference createEntityReference(in DOMString name) raises(DOMException); NodeList getElementsByTagName(in DOMString tagname); };
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The following additional attributes are supported on the Document interface:
async
parseError
preserveWhiteSpace
readyState
resolveExternals
url
validateOnParse
The following additional methods are supported on the Document interface:
abort
createNode
load
loadXML
nodeFromID
save
The following additional events are supported on the Document interface:
ondataavailable
onreadystatechange
ontransformnode
The documentElement attribute is read/write, not read-only.
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Attribute documentElement This is a convenience attribute that allows direct access to the child node that is the root element of the document. For HTML documents, this is the element with the tagName "HTML".
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The value of the documentElement attribute of the Document interface is not read-only.
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IDL Definition
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interface Node { // NodeType const unsigned short ELEMENT_NODE = 1; const unsigned short ATTRIBUTE_NODE = 2; const unsigned short TEXT_NODE = 3; const unsigned short CDATA_SECTION_NODE = 4; const unsigned short ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE = 5; const unsigned short ENTITY_NODE = 6; const unsigned short PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE = 7; const unsigned short COMMENT_NODE = 8; const unsigned short DOCUMENT_NODE = 9; const unsigned short DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE = 10; const unsigned short DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE = 11; const unsigned short NOTATION_NODE = 12; readonly attribute DOMString nodeName; attribute DOMString nodeValue; // raises(DOMException) on setting // raises(DOMException) on retrieval readonly attribute unsigned short nodeType; readonly attribute Node parentNode; readonly attribute NodeList childNodes; readonly attribute Node firstChild; readonly attribute Node lastChild; readonly attribute Node previousSibling; readonly attribute Node nextSibling; readonly attribute NamedNodeMap attributes; readonly attribute Document ownerDocument; Node insertBefore(in Node newChild, in Node refChild) raises(DOMException); Node replaceChild(in Node newChild, in Node oldChild) raises(DOMException); Node removeChild(in Node oldChild) raises(DOMException); Node appendChild(in Node newChild) raises(DOMException); boolean hasChildNodes(); Node cloneNode(in boolean deep); };
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The following additional attributes are supported on the Node interface:
baseName
dataType
definition
namespaceUri
nodeTypeString
nodeTypedValue
parsed
prefix
specified
text
xml
The following additional methods are supported on the Node interface:
selectNodes
selectSingleNode
transformNode
transformNodeToObject
NODE_xxx values are defined
instead of xxx_NODE values. The NodeType
constants are replaced with a DOMNodeType enumeration.
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enum tagDOMNodeType { NODE_INVALID, // = 0 NODE_ELEMENT, // = 1 NODE_ATTRIBUTE, // = 2 NODE_TEXT, // = 3 NODE_CDATA_SECTION, // = 4 NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE, // = 5 NODE_ENTITY, // = 6 NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, // = 7 NODE_COMMENT, // = 8 NODE_DOCUMENT, // = 9 NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE, // = 10 NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT, // = 11 NODE_NOTATION // = 12 } DOMNodeType;
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Attribute nodeValue The value of this node, depending on its type.
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR error code is not implemented. The value of the nodeValue attribute of the Node interface is constrained only by the size limit of physical memory.
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Attribute attributes A NamedNodeMap containing the attributes of this node (if it is an Element) or null otherwise.
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The attributes attribute returns an IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap object that contains a collection of attributes for nodes of types:
Element
DocumentType
Entity
Notation
For nodes of type ProcessingInstruction, the value
returned by the attributes attribute is null except for the XML
declaration that appears as the first line in an XML document, for example <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>.
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Methods insertBefore Inserts the node newChild before the existing child node refChild. If refChild is null, insert newChild at the end of the list of children. If newChild is a DocumentFragment object, all of its children are inserted, in the same order, before refChild. If the newChild is already in the tree, it is first removed. Parameters newChild The node to insert. refChild The reference node, i.e., the node before which the new node must be inserted. Return Value The node being inserted. Exceptions DOMException HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this node is of a type that does not allow children of the type of the newChild node, or if the node to insert is one of this node's ancestors. WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if newChild was created from a different document than the one that created this node. NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly. NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if refChild is not a child of this node.
MSXML3 and MSXML6
With the insertBefore method of the Node interface, the WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR error is not raised if the new child node (newChild) was created in a different document than the one that contains the reference node (refChild). The newChild and refChild parameters can represent nodes in the same document or in different documents.
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Method replaceChild Replaces the child node oldChild with newChild in the list of children, and returns the oldChild node. If the newChild is already in the tree, it is first removed. Parameters newChild The new node to put in the child list. oldChild The node being replaced in the list. Return Value The node replaced. Exceptions DOMException HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this node is of a type that does not allow children of the type of the newChild node, or it the node to put in is one of this node's ancestors. WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if newChild was created from a different document than the one that created this node. NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly. NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if oldChild is not a child of this node.
MSXML3 and MSXML6
With the replaceChild method of the Node interface, the WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR error is not raised if the new node (newChild) was created in a different document than the one that contains the reference node (refChild). The newChild and refChild parameters can represent nodes in the same document or in different documents.
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Method appendChild Adds the node newChild to the end of the list of children of this node. If the newChild is already in the tree, it is first removed. Parameters newChild The node to add. If it is a DocumentFragment object, the entire contents of the document fragment are moved into the child list of this node Return Value The node added. Exceptions DOMException HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if this node is of a type that does not allow children of the type of the newChild node, or if the node to append is one of this node's ancestors. WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if newChild was created from a different document than the one that created this node.
MSXML3 and MSXML6
With the appendChild methods of the Node interface, the WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR error is not raised if the newChild was created in a different document than the one to which it is being appended.
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IDL Definition interface NodeList { Node item(in unsigned long index); readonly attribute unsigned long length; };
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The NodeList interface supports the item Method.
The additional following methods are supported:
nextNode
reset
The length attribute and index of item method is of type long instead of unsigned long.
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IDL Definition interface NamedNodeMap { Node getNamedItem(in DOMString name); Node setNamedItem(in Node arg) raises(DOMException); Node removeNamedItem(in DOMString name) raises(DOMException); Node item(in unsigned long index); readonly attribute unsigned long length; };
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap interface contains four additional methods:
getQualifiedItem
removeQualifiedItem
nextNode
reset
The length attribute is of type long instead of unsigned long.
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Method setNamedItem Adds a node using its nodeName attribute. As the nodeName attribute is used to derive the name which the node must be stored under, multiple nodes of certain types (those that have a "special" string value) cannot be stored as the names would clash. This is seen as preferable to allowing nodes to be aliased. Parameters arg A node to store in a named node map. The node will later be accessible using the value of the nodeName attribute of the node. If a node with that name is already present in the map, it is replaced by the new one. Return Value If the new Node replaces an existing node with the same name the previously existing Node is returned, otherwise null is returned. Exceptions DOMException WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if arg was created from a different document than the one that created the NamedNodeMap. NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this NamedNodeMap is readonly. INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if arg is an Attr that is already an attribute of another Element object. The DOM user must explicitly clone
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The following variations apply:
The setNamedItem method of the NamedNodeMap interface returns the attribute that is successfully added to the collection. If the new Node replaces an existing Node with the same name, the new Node will be returned instead of the previously existing Node.
With the setNamedItem method of the Node interface, the WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR error is not raised if the new node (arg) was created in a different document than the one that contains the previously existing node. The new node and previously existing node can represent nodes in the same document or in different documents.
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Method removeNamedItem Removes a node specified by name. If the removed node is an Attr with a default value it is immediately replaced. Parameters name The name of a node to remove. Return Value The node removed from the map or null if no node with such a name exists. Exceptions DOMException NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if there is no node named name in the map.
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The removeNamedItem method of the NamedNodeMap interface returns null if there is no node for the specified name; the expected NOT_FOUND_ERR exception is never thrown.
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IDL Definition interface CharacterData : Node { attribute DOMString data; // raises(DOMException) on setting // raises(DOMException) on retrieval readonly attribute unsigned long length; DOMString substringData(in unsigned long offset, in unsigned long count) raises(DOMException); void appendData(in DOMString arg) raises(DOMException); void insertData(in unsigned long offset, in DOMString arg) raises(DOMException); void deleteData(in unsigned long offset, in unsigned long count) raises(DOMException); void replaceData(in unsigned long offset, in unsigned long count, in DOMString arg) raises(DOMException); };
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The length attribute of the CharacterData
interface is of type long instead of unsigned long. Long integers are used for the offset
and count parameters in the following methods:
substringData
insertData
deleteData
replaceData
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Attribute data The character data of the node that implements this interface. The DOM implementation may not put arbitrary limits on the amount of data that may be stored in a CharacterData node. However, implementation limits may mean that the entirety of a node's data may not fit into a single DOMString. In such cases, the user may call substringData to retrieve the data in appropriately sized pieces. Exceptions on setting DOMException NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly. Exceptions on retrieval DOMException DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: Raised when it would return more characters than fit in a DOMString variable on the implementation platform.
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The value for the data attribute of the CharacterData
interface is of type BSTR. The DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR
error code is not implemented. The value of the data attribute is
constrained only by the size limit of physical memory.
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Method substringData Extracts a range of data from the node. Parameters offset Start offset of substring to extract. count The number of characters to extract. Return Value The specified substring. If the sum of offset and count exceeds the length, then all characters to the end of the data are returned. Exceptions DOMException INDEX_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified offset is negative or greater than the number of characters in data, or if the specified count is negative. DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: Raised if the specified range of text does not fit into a DOMString.
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The return value for the substringData method of the CharacterData
interface is of type BSTR. The DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR
error code is not implemented. The BSTR data type is constrained only by
the size limit of physical memory.
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IDL Definition interface Attr : Node { readonly attribute DOMString name; readonly attribute boolean specified; attribute DOMString value; };
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The following clarifications apply:
The value attribute of the CharacterData interface returns a value of type
VARIANT.The specified attribute value is of type
VARIANT_BOOL.
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IDL Definition interface Element : Node { readonly attribute DOMString tagName; DOMString getAttribute(in DOMString name); void setAttribute(in DOMString name, in DOMString value) raises(DOMException); void removeAttribute(in DOMString name) raises(DOMException); Attr getAttributeNode(in DOMString name); Attr setAttributeNode(in Attr newAttr) raises(DOMException); Attr removeAttributeNode(in Attr oldAttr) raises(DOMException); NodeList getElementsByTagName(in DOMString name); void normalize(); };
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The following clarifications apply:
The getAttribute method of the Element interface returns a value of type
VARIANT.The setAttribute method requires that the value attribute be of type
VARIANT.
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Method getAttribute Retrieves an attribute value by name. Parameters name The name of the attribute to retrieve. Return Value The Attr value as a string, or the empty string if that attribute does not have a specified or default value. This method raises no exceptions.
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The getAttribute method of the Element interface returns null if the attribute does not have a specified or default value.
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Method setAttributeNode Adds a new attribute. If an attribute with that name is already present in the element, it is replaced by the new one. Parameters newAttr The Attr node to add to the attribute list. Return Value If the newAttr attribute replaces an existing attribute with the same name, the previously existing Attr node is returned, otherwise null is returned. Exceptions DOMException WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR: Raised if newAttr was created from a different document than the one that created the element. NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised if this node is readonly. INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR: Raised if newAttr is already an attribute of another Element object. The DOM user must explicitly clone Attr nodes to re-use them in other elements.
MSXML3 and MSXML6
With the setAttributeNode method of the Element interface, the WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR exception is not raised if the new node (which is specified by the newAttr parameter) is created in a different document than the one that created the element. The newAttr node and element can represent nodes in the same document or in different documents.
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IDL Definition interface Text : CharacterData { Text splitText(in unsigned long offset) raises(DOMException); };
MSXML3 and MSXML6
For the splitText method of the Text
interface, the offset parameter is of type long integer instead of an unsigned long integer.
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Method splitText Breaks this Text node into two Text nodes at the specified offset, keeping both in the tree as siblings. This node then only contains all the content up to the offset point. And a new Text node, which is inserted as the next sibling of this node, contains all the content at and after the offset point. Parameters offset The offset at which to split, starting from 0. Return Value The new Text node.
MSXML3 and MSXML6
The splitText method returns null when the offset parameter contains a value equal to the length of the Text node.