XML DOM documentElement Property
Document Object
Example
The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and displays the location of the XML document:
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
��� if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
������� myFunction(xhttp);
��� }
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
var x =
xmlDoc.documentElement;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML
=
"Nodename: " + x.nodeName + "<br>" +
"Nodevalue: " + x.nodeValue + "<br>" +
"Nodetype: " +
x.nodeType;
}
Output:
Nodename: bookstore
Nodevalue: null
Nodetype: 1
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Definition and Usage
The documentElement property returns the root node of the document.
Syntax
documentObject.documentElement
Document Object
