XML Parser for C: DOM API Functions

Table D-3 lists the XML Parser for C DOM API functions.

Table D-3 XML Parser for C: DOM API Functions  

Function	Brief Description
appendChild	Append child node to current node
appendData	Append character data to end of node's current data
cloneNode	Create a new node identical to the current one
createAttribute	Create an new attribute for an element node
createCDATASection	Create a CDATA_SECTION 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 (PI) node
createTextNode	Create a TEXT node
deleteData	Remove substring from a node's character data
getAttrName	Return an attribute's name
getAttrSpecified	Return value of attribute's specified flag [DOM getSpecified]
getAttrValue	Return the value of an attribute
getAttribute	Return the value of an attribute
getAttributeIndex	Return an element's attribute given its index
getAttributeNode	Get an element's attribute node given its name [DOM getName]
getAttributes	Return array of element's attributes
getCharData	Return character data for a TEXT node [DOM getData]
getCharLength	Return length of TEXT node's character data [DOM getLength]
getChildNode	Return indexed node from array of nodes [DOM item]
getChildNodes	Return array of node's children
getContentModel	Returns the content model for an element from the DTD [DOM extension]
getDocument	Return top-level DOCUMENT node [DOM extension]
getDocumentElemen	Return highest-level (root) ELEMENT node
getDocType	Returns current DTD
getDocTypeEntities	Returns array of DTD's general entities
getDocTypeName	Returns name of DTD
getDocTypeNotations	Returns array of DTD's notations
getElementsByTagName	Returns list of elements with matching name
getEntityNotation	Returns an entity's NDATA [DOM getNotation]
getEntityPubID	Returns an entity's public ID [DOM getPublicId]
getEntitySysID	Returns an entity's system ID [DOM getSystemId]
getFirstChild	Returns the first child of a node
getImplementation	Returns DOM-implementation structure (if defined)
getLastChild	Returns the last child of a node
getModifier	Returns a content model node's '?', '*', or '+' modifier [DOM extension]
getNextSibling	Returns a node's next sibling
getNamedItem	Returns the named node from a list of nodes
getNodeMapLength	Returns number of entries in a NodeMap [DOM getLength]
getNodeName	Returns a node's name
getNodeType	Returns a node's type code (enumeration)
getNodeValue	Returns a node's "value", its character data
getNotationPubID	Returns a notation's public ID [DOM getPublicId]
getNotationSysID	Returns a notation's system ID [DOM getSystemId]
getOwnerDocument	Returns the DOCUMENT node containing the given node
getPIData	Returns a processing instruction's data [DOM getData]
getPITarget	Returns a processing instruction's target [DOM getTarget]
getParentNode	Returns a node's parent node
getPreviousSibling	Returns a node's "previous" sibling
getTagName	Returns a node's "tagname", same as name for now
hasAttributes	Determines if element node has attributes [DOM extension]
hasChildNodes	Determines if node has children
hasFeature	Determines if DOM implementation supports a specific feature
insertBefore	Inserts a new child node before the given reference node
insertData	Inserts new character data into a node's existing data
isStandalone	Determines if document is standalone [DOM extension]
nodeValid	Validates a node against the current DTD [DOM extension]
normalize	Normalize a node by merging adjacent TEXT nodes
numAttributes	Returns number of element node's attributes [DOM extension]
numChildNodes	Returns number of node's children [DOM extension]
removeAttribute	Removes an element's attribute given its names
removeAttributeNode	Removes an element's attribute given its pointer
removeChild	Removes a node from its parents list of children
removeNamedItem	Removes a node from a list of nodes given its name
replaceChild	Replaces one node with another
replaceData	Replaces a substring of a node's character data with another string setAttribute Sets (adds or replaces) a new attribute for an element node given the attribute's name and value setAttributeNode Sets (adds or replaces) a new attribute for an element node given a pointer to the new attribute
setNamedItem	Sets (adds or replaces) a new node in a parent's list of children
setNodeValue	Sets a node's "value" (character data)
setPIData	Sets a processing instruction's data [DOM setData]