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Group/Method

Description

Node methods --

isNullO

Tests if the node is NULL.

makeAttr()

Casts the node to an Attribute.

makeCDataSection()

Casts the node to a CDataSection.

makeCharacterData()

Casts the node to CharacterData.

makeComment()

Casts the node to a Comment.

makeDocumentFragment()

Casts the node to a DocumentFragment.

makeDocumentType()

Casts the node to a Document Type.

makeElement()

Casts the node to an Element.

makeEntityO

Casts the node to an Entity.

makeEntityReference()

Casts the node to an EntityReference.

makeNotation()

Casts the node to a Notation.

makeProcessingInstruction()

Casts the node to a DOMProcessingInstruction.

makeText()

Casts the node to a DOMText.

makeDocument()

Casts the node to a DOMDocument.

writeToFile()

Writes the contents of the node to a file.

writeToBuffer()

Writes the contents of the node to a buffer.

writeToClob()

Writes the contents of the node to a clob.

getNodeName()

Retrieves the Name of the Node.

getNodeValue()

Retrieves the Value of the Node.

setNodeValue()

Sets the Value of the Node.

getNodeType()

Retrieves the Type of the node.

getParentNode()

Retrieves the parent of the node.

getChildNodes()

Retrieves the children of the node.

getFirstChild()

Retrieves the first child of the node.

Group/Method

Description

getLastChildO

Retrieves the last child of the node.

getPreviousSiblingO

Retrieves the previous sibling of the node.

getNextSiblingO

Retrieves the next sibling of the node.

getAttributes()

Retrieves the attributes of the node.

getOwnerDocument()

Retrieves the owner document of the node.

insertBefore()

Inserts a child before the reference child.

replaceChild()

Replaces the old child with a new child.

removeChild()

Removes a specified child from a node.

appendChild()

Appends a new child to the node.

hasChildNodes()

Tests if the node has child nodes.

cloneNode()

Clones the node.

Named node map methods --

isNull()

Tests if the NodeMap is NULL.

getNamedItem()

Retrieves the item specified by the name.

setNamedItem()

Sets the item in the map specified by the name.

removeNamedItem()

Removes the item specified by name.

item()

Retrieves the item given the index in the map.

getLength()

Retrieves the number of items in the map.

Node list methods --

isNull()

Tests if the Nodelist is NULL.

item()

Retrieves the item given the index in the nodelist.

getLength()

Retrieves the number of items in the list.

Attr methods --

isNull()

Tests if the Attribute Node is NULL.

makeNode()

Casts the Attribute to a node.

getQualifiedName()

Retrieves the Qualified Name of the attribute.

getNamespace()

Retrieves the NS URI of the attribute.

Group/Method

Description

getLocalName()

Retrieves the local name of the attribute.

getExpandedName()

Retrieves the expanded name of the attribute.

getName()

Retrieves the name of the attribute.

getSpecifiiedO

Tests if attribute was specified in the owning

element.

getValue()

Retrieves the value of the attribute.

setValue()

Sets the value of the attribute.

C data section methods --

isNullOisNullO

Tests if the CDataSection is NULL.

makeNode()makeNode()

Casts the CDatasection to a node.

Character data methods --

isNull()

Tests if the CharacterData is NULL.

makeNode()

Casts the CharacterData to a node.

getData()

Retrieves the data of the node.

setData()

Sets the data to the node.

getLength()

Retrieves the length of the data.

substringData()

Retrieves the substring of the data.

appendData()

Appends the given data to the node data.

insertData()

Inserts the data in the node at the given offSets.

deleteDataO

Deletes the data from the given offSets.

replaceData()

Replaces the data from the given offSets.

Comment methods --

isNull()

Tests if the comment is NULL.

makeNode()

Casts the Comment to a node.

DOM implementation methods --

isNull()

Tests if the DOMImplementation node is NULL.

hasFeature()

Tests if the DOM implements a given feature.

Document fragment methods --

Group/Method

Description

isNull()

Tests if the DocumentFragment is NULL.

makeNode()

Casts the Document Fragment to a node.

Document type methods --

isNull()

Tests if the Document Type is NULL.

makeNode()

Casts the document type to a node.

findEntity()

Finds the specified entity in the document type.

findNotation()

Finds the specified notation in the document type.

getPublicId()

Retrieves the public ID of the document type.

getSystemId()

Retrieves the system ID of the document type.

writeExternalDTDToFileO

Writes the document type definition to a file.

writeExternalDTDToBuffer()

Writes the document type definition to a buffer.

writeExternalDTDToClob()

Writes the document type definition to a clob.

getName()

Retrieves the name of the Document type.

getEntities()

Retrieves the nodemap of entities in the Document

type.

getNotations()

Retrieves the nodemap of the notations in the

Document type.

Element methods --

isNull()

Tests if the Element is NULL.

makeNode()

Casts the Element to a node.

getQualifiedNameO

Retrieves the qualified name of the element.

getNamespace()

Retrieves the NS URI of the element.

getLocalName()

Retrieves the local name of the element.

getExpandedName()

Retrieves the expanded name of the element.

getChildrenByTagName()

Retrieves the children of the element by tag name.

getElementsByTagName()

Retrieves the elements in the subtree by element.

resolveNamespacePrefix()

Resolve the prefix to a namespace uri.

getTagName()

Retrieves the Tag name of the element.

Group/Method

Description

getAttribute()

Retrieves the attribute node specified by the name.

setAttribute()

Sets the attribute specified by the name.

removeAttribute()

Removes the attribute specified by the name.

getAttributeNode()

Retrieves the attribute node specified by the name.

setAttributeNode()

Sets the attribute node in the element.

removeAttributeNode()

Removes the attribute node in the element.

normalize()

Normalizes the text children of the element.

Entity methods --

isNull()

Tests if the Entity is NULL.

makeNode()

Casts the Entity to a node.

getPublicId()

Retrieves the public Id of the entity.

getSystemId()

Retrieves the system Id of the entity.

getNotationName()

Retrieves the notation name of the entity.

Entity reference methods --

isNull()

Tests if the entity reference is NULL.

makeNode()

Casts the Entity reference to NULL.

Notation methods --

isNull()

Tests if the notation is NULL.

makeNode()

Casts the notation to a node.

getPublicId()

Retrieves the public Id of the notation.

getSystemId()

Retrieves the system Id of the notation.

Processing instruction methods --

isNull()

Tests if the processing instruction is NULL.

makeNode()

Casts the Processing instruction to a node.

getData()

Retrieves the data of the processing instruction.

getTarget()

Retrieves the target of the processing instruction.

setData()

Sets the data of the processing instruction.

Group/Method

Description

Text methods --

isNull()

Tests if the text is NULL.

makeNode()

Casts the text to a node.

splitText()

Splits the contents of the text node into 2 text nodes.

Document methods --

isNull()

Tests if the document is NULL.

makeNode()

Casts the document to a node.

newDOMDocument()

Creates a new document.

freeDocument()

Frees the document.

getVersion()

Retrieves the version of the document.

setVersion()

Sets the version of the document.

getCharset()

Retrieves the Character set of the document.

setCharset()

Sets the Character set of the document.

getStandalone()

Retrieves if the document is specified as standalone.

setStandalone()

Sets the document standalone.

writeToFile()

Writes the document to a file.

writeToBuffer()

Writes the document to a buffer.

writeToClob()

Writes the document to a clob.

writeExternalDTDToFile()

Writes the DTD of the document to a file.

writeExternalDTDToBuffer()

Writes the DTD of the document to a buffer.

writeExternalDTDToClob()

Writes the DTD of the document to a clob.

getDoctype()

Retrieves the DTD of the document.

getImplementation()

Retrieves the DOM implementation.

getDocumentElement()

Retrieves the root element of the document.

createElement()

Creates a new element.

createDocumentFragment()

Creates a new document fragment.

createTextNode()

Creates a Text node.

Group/Method

Description

createComment()

Creates a comment node.

createCDATASection()

Creates a CDatasection node.

createProcessingInstruction()

Creates a processing instruction.

createAttribute()

Creates an attribute.

createEntityReference()

Creates an Entity reference.

getElementsByTagName()

Retrieves the elements in the by tag name.