IDOMElement Interface

This interface represents the element object.

IDOMElement Methods

getAttribute	Gets the value of the named attribute.
getAttributeNode	Gets the named attribute node.
getElementsByTagName	Returns a list of all descendant elements that match the supplied name.
normalize	Normalizes all descendent elements; combines two or more adjacent text nodes into one unified text node.
removeAttribute	Removes or replaces the named attribute.
removeAttributeNode	Removes the specified attribute from this element.
setAttribute	Sets the value of the named attribute.
setAttributeNode	Adds or changes the supplied attribute node on this element.
tagName	Contains the element name, the name that appears within the tag.

Remarks

Element nodes are among the most common objects in the XML document tree. Element nodes can have attributes associated with them. By definition, attributes are not defined as child nodes of the element and are not considered to be part of the document tree. Accordingly, the DOMElement object provides methods to make it easier to manage attributes, including methods to associate an attribute with an element, and to retrieve an attribute object and the attribute value by name.

To retrieve the set of all attributes associated with the element, you can also call the getAttribute method, which returns an IDOMNamedNodeMap collection object that contains all the element's attributes.

Interface Information

Implementation	Msxml.dll
Inherits from	IDOMNode
Header and IDL files	Msxml.h, Dom.idl
Minimum availability	Internet Explorer 5 Beta
Minimum operating systems	Windows 95, Windows NT

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