XML Parser for C++: DOM API

Table E-3 lists the XML Parser for C ++ DOM API methods a brief description of each.

Table E-3 XML Parser for C++: DOM API Classes (SubClasses)  

Class (Subclass)	Methods	Description
Attr (Node) This class contains methods for accessing the name and value of a single document node attribute.
	getName	Return name of attribute
	getValue	Return "value" (definition) of attribute
	getSpecified	Return attribute's "specified" flag value
	setValue	Set an attribute's value
CDATASection (Text) This class implements the CDATA node type, a subclass of Text. There are no methods.
CharacterData (Node) This class contains methods for accessing and modifying the data associated with text nodes.
	appendData	Append a string to this node's data
	deleteData	Remove a substring from this node's data
	getData	Get data (value) of a text node
	getLength	Return length of a text node's data
	insertData	nsert a string into this node's data
	replaceData	Replace a substring in this node's data
	substringData	Fetch a substring of this node's data
Comment (CharacterData) This class implements the COMMENT node type, a subclass of CharacterData. There are no methods.
Document (Node) This class contains methods for creating and retrieving nodes.
	createAttribute	Create an ATTRIBUTE node
	createCDATASection	Create a CDATA node
	createComment	Create a COMMENT node
	createDocumentFragment	Create a DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT node
	createElement	Create an ELEMENT node
	createEntityReference	Create an ENTITY_REFERENCE node
	createProcessingInstruction	Create a PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION node
	createTextNode	Create a TEXT node
	getElementsByTagName	Select nodes based on tag name
	getImplementation	Return DTD for document
DocumentFragment (Node) This class implements the DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT node type, a subclass of Node.
DocumentType (Node) This class contains methods for accessing information about the Document Type Definition (DTD) of a document.
	getName	R eturn name of DTD
	getEntities	Return NamedNodeMap of DTD's (general) entities
	getNotations	Return NamedNodeMap of DTD's notations
DOMImplementation This class contains methods relating to the specific DOM implementation supported by the parser.
	hasFeature	Detect if the named feature is supported
	Element (Node	This class contains methods pertaining to element nodes.
	getTagName	Return the node's tag name
	getAttribute	Select an attribute given its name
	setAttribute	Create a new attribute given its name and value
	removeAttribute	Remove an attribute given its name
	getAttributeNode	Remove an attribute given its name
	setAttributeNode	Add a new attribute node
	removeAttributeNode	Remove an attribute node
	getElementsByTagName	Return a list of element nodes with the given tag name
	normalize	"Normalize" an element (merge adjacent text nodes)
Entity (Node) This class implements the ENTITY node type, a subclass of Node.
	getNotation	NameReturn entity's NDATA (notation name)
	getPublicId	Return entity's public ID
	getSystemId	Return entity's system ID
EntityReference (Node) This class implements the ENTITY_REFERENCE node type, a subclass of Node.
NamedNodeMap This class contains methods for accessing the number of nodes in a node map and fetching individual nodes.
	item	Return nth node in map
	getLength	Return number of nodes in map
	getNamedItem	Select a node by name
	setNamedItem	Set a node into the map
	getLength	Remove the named node from map
Node This class contains methods for details about a document node
	appendChild	Append a new child to the end of the current node's list of children
	cloneNode	Clone an existing node and optionally all its children
	getAttributes	Return structure contains all defined node attributes
	getChildNode	Return specific indexed child of given node
	getChildNodes	Return structure contains all child nodes of given node
	getFirstChild	Return first child of given node
	getLastChild	Return last child of given node
	getLocal	Returns the local name of the node
	getNamespace	Return a node's namespace
	getNextSibling	Return a node's next sibling
	getName	Return name of node
	getType	Return numeric type-code of node
	getValue	Return "value" (data) of node
	getOwnerDocument	Return document node which contains a node
	getParentNode	Return parent node of given node
	getPrefix	Returns the namespace prefix for the node
	getPreviousSibling	Returns the previous sibling of the current node
	getQualifiedName	Return namespace qualified node of given node
	hasAttributes	Determine if node has any defined attributes
	hasChildNodes	Determine if node has children
	insertBefore	Insert new child node into a node's list of children
	numChildNodes	Return count of number of child nodes of given node
	removeChild	Remove a node from the current node's list of children
	replaceChild	Replace a child node with another
	setValue	Sets a node's value (data)
NodeList This class contains methods for extracting nodes from a NodeList
	item	Return nth node in list
	getLength	Return number of nodes in list
Notation (Node) This class implements the NOTATION node type, a subclass of Node.
	getData	Return notation's data
	getTarget	Return notation's target
	setData	Set notation's data
ProcessingInstruction (Node) This class implements the PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION node type, a subclass of Node.
	getData	Return the PI's data
	getTarget	Return the PI's target
	setData	Set the PI's data
Text (CharacterData) This class contains methods for accessing and modifying the data associated with text nodes (subclasses CharacterData).
	splitText	Get data (value) of a text node