XML DOM Examples

XML DOM Loading XML

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.

Load and parse an XML file
Load and parse an XML file (II)
Load and XML string
Load and parse an XML string (II)

XML DOM Accessing Nodes

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.

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.

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.

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.

Traverse a node tree
Display the length of a node list

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XML DOM Navigating Nodes

The examples below use the XML file books.xml.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Copy a node and append it to an existing node

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