XML DOM doctypeProperty


Document object

Definition and Usage

The doctype attribute returns the document type declaration (DTD) associated with the document.

For XML documents without a DTD, returns null.

This attribute provides access toDocumentType ObjectDirect access to (a child node of Document).

Syntax

documentObject.doctype


Example

The following code snippet usesloadXMLDoc()put "note_internal_dtd.xmlLoad into xmlDoc and return the DocumentType object:

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("note_internal_dtd.xml");
document.write(xmlDoc.doctype);

Output:

[object DocumentType]

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