XML DOM getElementsByTagNameNS()Methods


Element object

Definition and Usage

The getElementsByTagNameNS() method returns a NodeList of all elements with the specified name and namespace.

Syntax

elementNode.getElementsByTagNameNS(ns,name)

Parameter Description
ns String, specifies the namespace name to search for. The value "*" matches all tags.
name String, specifies the tag name to search for. The value "*" matches all tags.


In all instances, we use XML filesbooks_ns.xmland JavaScript functionsloadXMLDoc()。

Example

The following code snippet retrieves elements by tag name and namespace:

Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books_ns.xml"); x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagNameNS("http://www.example.com/w3cnote/","title"); document.write(x[0].nodeName);

Output:

c:title

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