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XML DOM Nodes

According to the DOM, everything in an XML document is a node.

The DOM says:

• The entire document is a document node
• Every XML element is an element node
• The text in the XML elements are text nodes
• Every attribute is an attribute node
• Comments are comment nodes

XmlNode Class

Use the XmlNode class to work with a node in an XML document.XmlNode Methods The following are methods for XmlNode. All are instance methods.

• addChildElement(name, namespace, prefix)
  Creates a child element node for this node.
• addCommentNode(text)
  Creates a child comment node for this node.
• addTextNode(text)
  Creates a child text node for this node.
• getAttribute(key, keyNamespace)
  Returns namespacePrefix:attributeValue for the given key and key namespace.
• getAttributeCount()
  Returns the number of attributes for this node.
• getAttributeKeyAt(index)
  Returns the attribute key for the given index. Index values start at 0.
• getAttributeKeyNsAt(index)
  Returns the attribute key namespace for the given index.
• getAttributeValue(key, keyNamespace)
  Returns the attribute value for the given key and key namespace.
• getAttributeValueNs(key, keyNamespace)
  Returns the attribute value namespace for the given key and key namespace.
• getChildElement(name, namespace)
  Returns the child element node for the node with the given name and namespace.
• getChildElements()
  Returns the child element nodes for this node. This doesn't include child text or comment nodes.
• getChildren()
  Returns the child nodes for this node. This includes all node types.
• getName()
  Returns the element name.
• getNamespace()
  Returns the namespace of the element.
• getNamespaceFor(prefix)
  Returns the namespace of the element for the given prefix.
• getNodeType()
  Returns the node type.
• getParent()
  Returns the parent of this element.
• getPrefixFor(namespace)
  Returns the prefix of the given namespace.
• getText()
  Returns the text for this node.
• removeAttribute(key, keyNamespace)
  Removes the attribute with the given key and key namespace. Returns true if successful, false otherwise.
• removeChild(childNode)
  Removes the given child node.
• setAttribute(key, value)
  Sets the key attribute value.
• setAttributeNs(key, value, keyNamespace, valueNamespace)
  Sets the key attribute value.
• setNamespace(prefix, namespace)
  Sets the namespace for the given prefix.