XML Parser for PL/SQL: W3C DOM API -- Node Methods, Node Types, and DOM Interface Types

Node Methods

The following lists the DOM API Node methods:

• FUNCTION isNull(n DOMNode) RETURN BOOLEAN;

• FUNCTION makeAttr(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMAttr;

• FUNCTION makeCDataSection(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMCDataSection;

• FUNCTION makeCharacterData(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMCharacterData;

• FUNCTION makeComment(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMComment;

• FUNCTION makeDocumentFragment(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMDocumentFragment;

• FUNCTION makeDocumentType(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMDocumentType;

• FUNCTION makeElement(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMElement;

• FUNCTION makeEntity(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMEntity;

• FUNCTION makeEntityReference(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMEntityReference;

• FUNCTION makeNotation(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMNotation;

• FUNCTION makeProcessingInstruction(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMProcessingInstruction;

• FUNCTION makeText(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMText;

• FUNCTION makeDocument(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMDocument;

• PROCEDURE writeToFile(n DOMNode, fileName VARCHAR2);

• PROCEDURE writeToBuffer(n DOMNode, buffer IN OUT VARCHAR2);

• PROCEDURE writeToClob(n DOMNode, cl IN OUT CLOB);

• PROCEDURE writeToFile(n DOMNode, fileName VARCHAR2, charset VARCHAR2);

• PROCEDURE writeToBuffer(n DOMNode, buffer IN OUT VARCHAR2, charset VARCHAR2);

• PROCEDURE writeToClob(n DOMNode, cl IN OUT CLOB, charset VARCHAR2);

• FUNCTION getNodeName(n DOMNode) RETURN VARCHAR2;

• FUNCTION getNodeValue(n DOMNode) RETURN VARCHAR2;

• PROCEDURE setNodeValue(n DOMNode, nodeValue IN VARCHAR2);

• FUNCTION getNodeType(n DOMNode) RETURN NUMBER;

• FUNCTION getParentNode(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMNode;

• FUNCTION getChildNodes(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMNodeList;

• FUNCTION getFirstChild(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMNode;

• FUNCTION getLastChild(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMNode;

• FUNCTION getPreviousSibling(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMNode;

• FUNCTION getNextSibling(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMNode;

• FUNCTION getAttributes(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMNamedNodeMap;

• FUNCTION getOwnerDocument(n DOMNode) RETURN DOMDocument;

• FUNCTION insertBefore(n DOMNode, newChild IN DOMNode, refChild IN DOMNode) RETURN DOMNode;

• FUNCTION replaceChild(n DOMNode, newChild IN DOMNode, oldChild IN DOMNode)> RETURN DOMNode;

• FUNCTION removeChild(n DOMNode, oldChild IN DOMNode) RETURN DOMNode;

• FUNCTION appendChild(n DOMNode, newChild IN DOMNode) RETURN DOMNode;

• FUNCTION hasChildNodes(n DOMNode) RETURN BOOLEAN;

• FUNCTION cloneNode(n DOMNode, deep boolean) RETURN DOMNode;

DOM Node Types

The following lists the DOM API Node types:

• DOM Node types

• ELEMENT_NODE

• ATTRIBUTE_NODE

• TEXT_NODE

• CDATA_SECTION_NODE

• ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE

• ENTITY_NODE

• PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE

• COMMENT_NODE

• DOCUMENT_NODE

• DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE

• DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE

• NOTATION_NODE

DOMException Types

The following lists the DOMException types:

• INDEX_SIZE_ERR

• DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR

• HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR

• WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR

• INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR

• NO_DATA_ALLOWED_ERR

• NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR

• NOT_FOUND_ERR

• NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR

• INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR

DOM Interface Types

The following lists the DOM Interface types:

• DOM interface types

• DOMNode

• DOMNamedNodeMap

• DOMNodeList

• DOMAttr

• DOMCDataSection

• DOMCharacterData

• DOMComment

• DOMDocumentFragment

• DOMElement

• DOMEntity

• DOMEntityReference

• DOMNotation

• DOMProcessingInstruction

• DOMText

• DOMImplementation

• DOMDocumentType

• DOMDocument