XMLDocument property

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Retrieves a reference to the XML Document Object Model (DOM) exposed by the object.

Syntax

Property values

Type: Object

An Object that specifies a reference to the XML DOM exposed by the object.

Remarks

XMLDocument is the default property; specifying the property is optional. The XMLDocument property is useful when an entire XML document is passed to a method that requires an IXMLDOMNode parameter, such as the transformNode method. The XML data island itself (denoted by the <XML> tag) is considered an html element, instead of an xml element. The XMLDocument property provides access to the root of the XML tree in the data island.

For a complete description of the XML DOM exposed by the XMLDocument property, see the XML DOM overview.

Examples

This example uses the XMLDocument property to access the object model of an xml data island.

<SCRIPT>
function fnCheck(){
   var oNode = oMetaData.XMLDocument.selectSingleNode
       ("METADATA/ABSTRACT");
   alert(oNode.text);
}
</SCRIPT>

<XML ID="oMetaData">
  <METADATA>
     <AUTHOR>John Smith</AUTHOR>
     <GENERATOR>Visual Notepad</GENERATOR>
     <PAGETYPE>Reference</PAGETYPE>
     <ABSTRACT>Specifies a data island</ABSTRACT>
  </METADATA>
</XML>

<INPUT TYPE=button VALUE="Test" onclick="fnCheck()">

See also

xml

Reference

XSLDocument

Conceptual

Introduction to Persistence

Build date: 2/14/2012