documentType object (Internet Explorer)

documentType object

Provides properties that describe the document type of a document object.

Members

The documentType object has these types of members:

The documentType object has these methods.

Method	Description
appendChild	Appends an element as a child to the object.
cloneNode	Copies a reference to the object from the document hierarchy.
compareDocumentPosition	Compares the position of two nodes in a document.
insertBefore	Inserts an element into the document hierarchy as a child node of a parent object.
isDefaultNamespace	Indicates whether or not a namespace is the default namespace for a document.
isEqualNode	Determines if two nodes are equal.
isSameNode	Determines if two node references refer to the same node.
isSupported	Returns a value indicating whether or not the object supports a specific DOM standard.
lookupNamespaceURI	Gets the URI of the namespace associated with a namespace prefix, if any.
lookupPrefix	Gets the namespace prefix associated with a URI, if any.
removeChild	Removes a child node from the object.
removeNode	Removes the object from the document hierarchy.
replaceChild	Replaces an existing child element with a new child element.
replaceNode	Replaces the object with another element.
swapNode	Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy.

The documentType object has these properties.

Property	Description
entities	Returns a null value.
firstChild	Gets a reference to the first child in the childNodes collection of the object.
internalSubset	Returns a null value.
lastChild	Gets a reference to the last child in the childNodes collection of an object.
localName	Retrieves the local name of the fully qualified XML declaration for a node.
name	Gets the name of the root element of a document type.
namespaceURI	Retrieves the namespace URI of the fully qualified XML declaration for a node.
nextSibling	Retrieves a reference to the next child of the parent for the object.
nodeName	Gets the name of a particular type of node.
nodeType	Retrieves the type of the requested node.
nodeValue	Gets or sets the value of a node.
notations	Returns a null value.
ownerDocument	Retrieves the document object associated with the node.
parentNode	Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy.
prefix	Retrieves the local name of the fully qualified XML declaration for a node.
previousSibling	Gets a reference to the previous child of the parent for the object.
publicId	Gets the public identifier of a document type.
systemId	Gets the system identifier of a document type.
textContent	Sets or retrieves the text content of an object and any child objects.