Node

Module: JavaScript DOM API

The basic document node.

#include <Node.idl>

Inherits from EventTarget

Inherited by Attr, CharacterData, Document, DocumentFragment, DocumentType, Element

Public Functions #

Public Attributes #

Additional inherited members #

Public Functions inherited from EventTarget

Public Functions Documentation #

function removeChild #

Node removeChild(
    Node oldChild
)

remove a child node

Parameters:

• oldChild the child node to be removed

Return: the removed child node

function appendChild #

Node appendChild(
    Node newChild
)

append a node as a child

Parameters:

• newChild the node to append

Return: the appended child node

function append #

void append(
    (Node or DOMString)... newChildren
)

append nodes and string objects as children, where the string objects are inserted as equivalent Text nodes

Parameters:

• newChildren the nodes or strings to append

function replaceChild #

Node replaceChild(
    Node newChild,
    Node oldChild
)

replace oldChild with newChild

Return: the replaced child node

function insertBefore #

Node insertBefore(
    Node node,
    Node? referenceNode
)

insert a node before the reference node, as a child of the current node

Parameters:

• node the new node to be inserted
• referenceNode the reference node (if null, node will be inserted at the end of the child nodes list)

Return: the inserted node

function cloneNode #

Node cloneNode(
    optional boolean deep =false
)

Return: a clone of the node

function isEqualNode #

boolean isEqualNode(
    Node? otherNode
)

function isSameNode #

boolean isSameNode(
    Node? otherNode
)

function hasChildNodes #

boolean hasChildNodes()

function contains #

boolean contains(
    Node? other
)

function lookupPrefix #

DOMString lookupPrefix(
    DOMString? namespace
)

function isDefaultNamespace #

boolean isDefaultNamespace(
    DOMString? namespace
)

function normalize #

void normalize()

function compareDocumentPosition #

unsigned short compareDocumentPosition(
    Node other
)

function getRootNode #

Node getRootNode(
    optional GetRootNodeOptions options
)

function lookupNamespaceURI #

DOMString lookupNamespaceURI(
    DOMString? prefix
)

Public Attributes Documentation #

variable ELEMENT_NODE #

const unsigned short ELEMENT_NODE = 1;

variable ATTRIBUTE_NODE #

const unsigned short ATTRIBUTE_NODE = 2;

variable TEXT_NODE #

const unsigned short TEXT_NODE = 3;

variable CDATA_SECTION_NODE #

const unsigned short CDATA_SECTION_NODE = 4;

variable ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE #

const unsigned short ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE = 5;

variable ENTITY_NODE #

const unsigned short ENTITY_NODE = 6;

variable PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE #

const unsigned short PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE = 7;

variable COMMENT_NODE #

const unsigned short COMMENT_NODE = 8;

variable DOCUMENT_NODE #

const unsigned short DOCUMENT_NODE = 9;

variable DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE #

const unsigned short DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE = 10;

variable DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE #

const unsigned short DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE = 11;

variable NOTATION_NODE #

const unsigned short NOTATION_NODE = 12;

variable DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED #

const unsigned short DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED = 0x01;

variable DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING #

const unsigned short DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING = 0x02;

variable DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING #

const unsigned short DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING = 0x04;

variable DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS #

const unsigned short DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS = 0x08;

variable DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY #

const unsigned short DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY = 0x10;

variable DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC #

const unsigned short DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC = 0x20;

variable nodeName #

readonly attribute DOMString nodeName;

variable nodeValue #

attribute DOMString nodeValue;

variable textContent #

attribute DOMString textContent;

variable nodeType #

readonly attribute unsigned short nodeType;

type of the node

variable parentNode #

readonly attribute Node parentNode;

parent of the node

variable parentElement #

readonly attribute Element parentElement;

parent element of the node. If parent is not an Element, returns null.

variable childNodes #

readonly attribute NodeList childNodes;

list of the children of this node

variable firstChild #

readonly attribute Node firstChild;

the node’s first child in the tree, or null if the node is childless

variable lastChild #

readonly attribute Node lastChild;

last child of the node, or null if there are no child elements

variable previousSibling #

readonly attribute Node previousSibling;

the node immediately preceding the specified one in its parent’s children, or null if the specified node is the first in that list

variable nextSibling #

readonly attribute Node nextSibling;

the node immediately following the specified one in its parent’s children, or null if the specified node is the last node in that list

variable ownerDocument #

readonly attribute Document ownerDocument;

The Document object associated with this node. This is also the Document object used to create new nodes. When this node is a Document or a DocumentType which is not used with any Document yet, this is null.

variable baseURI #

readonly attribute USVString baseURI;

variable isConnected #

readonly attribute boolean isConnected;