Class PTXMLDocument

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class PTXMLDocument

A thin wrapper over an XMLDocument, providing various cross browser methods.
Defined in PTXML.js

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ATTRIBUTE_NODE

<static> <final> Number ATTRIBUTE_NODE

Represents an element attribtute XML node

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CDATA_SECTION_NODE

<static> <final> Number CDATA_SECTION_NODE

Represents a CDATA node

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COMMENT_NODE

<static> <final> Number COMMENT_NODE

Represents a comment node

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DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE

<static> <final> Number DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE

Represents a document fragment node

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DOCUMENT_NODE

<static> <final> Number DOCUMENT_NODE

Represents a document node

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DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE

<static> <final> Number DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE

Represents a document type node

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ELEMENT_NODE

<static> <final> Number ELEMENT_NODE

Represents an element node

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ENTITY_NODE

<static> <final> Number ENTITY_NODE

Represents a entity node

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ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE

<static> <final> Number ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE

Represents a entity reference node

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NOTATION_NODE

<static> <final> Number NOTATION_NODE

Represents a notation node

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PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE

<static> <final> Number PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE

Represents a processing instruction node

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TEXT_NODE

<static> <final> Number TEXT_NODE

Represents a text node

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VERSION

<static> <final> Object VERSION

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PTXMLDocument

PTXMLDocument(doc)

PTXMLDocument Object Constructor

Parameters:
the - XMLDocument object to wrap. if not specifried, a new one will be created Author Stephan Morais

appendChild

Object appendChild(node)

Appends a child node to the document

Parameters:
node - the node to be appended

createElement

Element createElement(elementName)

Creates a new element

Parameters:
then - name of the element

Returns:
a new element with the given name

getDocumentElement

Element getDocumentElement()

Returns the documentElement node of the document

Returns:
the documentElement node of the document.

getElementsByTagName

Array getElementsByTagName(tagName)

Get elements by tag name

Parameters:
tagName - the name of the element's tag

Returns:
an Array of Elements having the specified tag name

getUnderlyingObject

Object getUnderlyingObject()

Gets the underlying document object

Returns:
a document object

importNode

Object importNode(node, deep)

Creates a copy of a node in a DOM hierarchy

Parameters:
node - the node to be cloned
deep - if true, any children of the node will be cloned as well.
Object -

Returns:
an XML node

loadFromString

void loadFromString(str)

Loads the document from an XML String

Parameters:
str - an XML string

serializeToString

String serializeToString()

Serializes the document to an XML string

Returns:
a String of XML representing the document

getAttributeValue

<static> Object getAttributeValue(node,attrName)

Gets the value of the specified attribute from the specified node

Parameters:
node - the node with the requested attribute
attrName - the name of the attribute

Returns:
the value of the attribute

getNodeValue

<static> Object getNodeValue(node)

Gets the value of the contents of a node. This value will depend on the type of node. Text nodes return their text values, while attribute nodes return their attribute values.

Parameters:
node - a valued node

Returns:
the value of the node

selectSingleNode

<static> Object selectSingleNode(contextNode,expr)

Applies a XPath query value to a node context to retrieve a single Node from a DOM hierarchy. Extends the PTXMLDocument to emulate IE's selectSingleNode.

Parameters:
contextNode - the starting node for the XPath query
expr - an XPath query parameter of the form "/node/subnode/subsubnode/"

Returns:
a single node pointed to by the XPath query parameter