XML DOM Examples

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# XML DOM Examples

XML DOM Parsing

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.

Load and parse an XML file
Load and parse an XML string

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XML DOM Properties and Methods

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.
A function, loadXMLString(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML string.

Load and parse an XML file - External parsing script
Load and parse an XML string - External parsing script

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XML DOM Accessing Nodes

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.

Access a node using its index number in a node list
Loop through nodes using the length property
See the node type of an element
Loop through element nodes
Loop through element nodes using node relationships

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XML DOM Node Information

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.

Get the node name of an element node
Get the text from a text node
Change the text in a text node
Get the node name and type of an element node

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XML DOM Node List and Attribute List

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.

Get the text from the first <title> element
Loop through nodes using the length property
Get the attribute of an element

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XML DOM Traversing Node Tree

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLString(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML string.

Traverse a node tree

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XML DOM Browser Differences

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.

Display the length of a node list - Different results in IE and other browsers
Ignore empty text between nodes

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XML DOM Navigating Nodes

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.

Get the parent of a node
Get the first child element of a node
Get the last child element of a node
Get the next sibling element of a node
Get the previous sibling element of a node

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XML DOM Get Node Values

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.

Get an element's text value
Get an attribute's text value

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XML DOM Change Node Values

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.

Change an elements text node
Change an attributes value using setAttribute
Change an attributes value using nodeValue

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XML DOM Remove Nodes

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.

Remove an element node
Remove the current element node
Remove a text node
Clear the text of a text node
Remove an attribute by name
Remove attributes by object

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XML DOM Replace Nodes

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.

Replace an element node
Replace data in a text node

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XML DOM Create Nodes

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.

Create an element node
Create an attribute node using createAttribute
Create an attribute node using setAttribute
Create a text node
Create a CDATA section node
Create a comment node

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XML DOM Add Nodes

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.

Add a node after the last child node
Add a node before a specified child node
Add a new attribute
Add data to a text node

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XML DOM Clone Nodes

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.

Copy a node and append it to an existing node

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XML DOM Clone Nodes

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.
A function, loadXMLDoc(), in an external JavaScript is used to load the XML file.

XML HTTP communication with a server while typing input
Load a textfile into a div element with XML HTTP
Make a HEAD request with XML HTTP
Make a specified HEAD request with XML HTTP
List data from an XML file with XML HTTP

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