Interface Node

The Node interface is the primary datatype for the entire Document Object Model. It represents a single node in the document tree. While all objects implementing the Node interface expose methods for dealing with children, not all objects implementing the Node interface may have children. For example, Text nodes may not have children, and adding children to such nodes results in a DOMException being raised.

The attributes NodeName, NodeValue and Attributes are included as a mechanism to get at node information without casting down to the specific derived interface. In cases where there is no obvious mapping of these attributes for a specific nodeType (for example, nodeValue for an Element or attributes for a Comment), this returns null. Note that the specialized interfaces may contain additional and more convenient mechanisms to get and set the relevant information.

NodeType is a constant indicating which type of node it is, as defined in the node Interface according to the following table.

get_nodeName get_nodeValue set_nodeValue get_nodeType get_parentNode get_childNodes get_firstChild get_lastChild get_previousSibling get_nextSibling get_attributes get_ownerDocument insertBefore replaceChild removeChild appendChild hasChildNodes cloneNode normalize isSupported get_namespaceURI get_prefix set_prefix get_localName hasAttributes