XML DOM documentElementProperty
Document object
Definition and Usage
The documentElement property returns the root node of the document.
Syntax
documentObject.documentElement
Example
The following code snippet usesloadXMLDoc()put "books.xmlLoad it into xmlDoc and display the location of the XML document:
Example
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x=xmlDoc.documentElement;
document.write("Nodename: " + x.nodeName + "<br>");
document.write("Nodevalue: " + x.nodeValue + "<br>");
document.write("Nodetype: " + x.nodeType);
Output:
Nodename: bookstore
Nodevalue: null
Nodetype: 1
Nodevalue: null
Nodetype: 1
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