XML Index

XML GUIDE in PDF Form
  1. Introduction
  2. XML Uses
  3. XML Categories

Structure

  1. Elements
  2. Document Types
  3. Document Structure
  4. Document Type Definition (DTD)
  5. An Example
  6. Element Attributes
  7. Process Instructions
  8. Extensible linking Language (XLL)

Use

  1. Binding to HTML

Other

    XSL

  1. XSL Elements
  2. XSL Example

    DOM

  3. DOM

Implementations

  • OSD

    Appendices

    1. Terms
    2. Credits

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    • XML DOM

    Warning! This page is not complete! The reader should refer to the DOM documentation at the World Wide Web Consortium web site.

    The Document Object Model (DOM) is a programming model that represents parts of an XML document as objects. Each object is thereby accessible by referring to the object and subobjects with periods between them. Each object supports specific attributes and methods which allows dynamic content using XML. The DOM is cross platform compatible. It allows scripts and programs to access and update the content and style of elements in a document. The DOM presents documents as a hierarchy of nodes.

    Node Types

    • Leaf - Can not have anything below them.
    • Normal - Nodes may have children nodes.
    Node TypesMay Contain
    DocumentDocument type, Element, Processing Instruction, Comment
    Document FragmentEntity reference, Element, Processing Instruction, Comment, Text, CDATA Section
    Document Type-
    Entity ReferenceEntity reference, Element, Processing Instruction, Comment, Text, CDATA Section
    ElementEntity reference, Element, Processing Instruction, Comment, Text, CDATA Section
    AttrEntity reference, Textn
    Processing Instructioon-
    Comment-
    Text-
    CDATA Section-
    EntityEntity reference, Element, Processing Instruction, Comment, Text, CDATA Section
    Notation-

    Node List - To handle lists of nodes. Named Node Max - For unorded sets of nodes. APIs in DOM are generally interfaces, not classes.

    Type Definitions

    DOMString - UTF-16 sequence of character units. also bound to the "String" type.

    DOM Exceptions

    DOM exceptions are defined by "exception DOMException". They are:

    • DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR
    • HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR
    • INDEX_SIZE_ERR
    • INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR
    • INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR
    • NOT_FOUND_ERR
    • NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR
    • NO_DATA_ALLOWED_ERR
    • NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
    • WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR


    DOMImplementation Interface

    Methods:

    • hasFeature

    DocumentFragment Interface

    Document Interface

    DOM Objects and Subobjects

    • Core object
      • Array
      • Boolean
      • Date
      • Function
      • Math
      • Number
      • Object
      • String
      • RegExp
    • Document
      • Link
      • Area
      • Anchor
      • Image
      • Applet
      • Layer
    • Window
      • frame
      • Location
      • History
      • Screen
    • Form
      • Hidden
      • Text
      • Textarea
      • Password
      • FuleUpload
      • Button
      • Submit
      • Reset
      • Radio
      • Checkbox
      • Select
      • Option