IDOMNode Interface

This interface represents a single node in the document tree; it is the base interface for accessing data in the XML object model. IDOMNode represents the OLE Automation implementation of the Node interface as defined in the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) DOM Core Specification.

IDOMNode Methods

appendChild Appends newChild as the last child of this node.

attributes Contains the list of attributes for this node.

childNodes Contains a node list containing the children (for nodes that can have children).

cloneNode Creates a new node that is an exact clone of this node.

firstChild Contains the first child of this node.

hasChildNodes Returns true if this node has children.

insertBefore Inserts a child node to the left of the specified node or at the end of the list.

lastChild Returns the last child node.

nextSibling Contains the next sibling of this node in the parent's child list.

nodeName Contains the qualified name of the element, attribute, or entity reference, or a fixed string for other node types.

nodeType Specifies the DOM node type, which determines valid values and whether the node can have child nodes.

nodeValue Contains the text associated with the node; depends on the node type.

ownerDocument Returns the root of the document that contains this node.

parentNode Contains the parent node (for nodes that can have parents).

previousSibling Contains the left sibling of this node.

removeChild Removes the specified child node from the list of children and returns it.

replaceChild Replaces the specified old child node with the supplied new child node in the set of children of this node, and returns the old child node.

Remarks

The XML Document Object Model (DOM) presents documents as a hierarchy of "node" objects that also implement other, more specialized interfaces. Some types of nodes can have child nodes of various types, and others are leaf nodes that have no child nodes below them in the document structure. For example, nodes of type NODE_TEXT do not have children, and trying to add children to such nodes causes an error.

Interface Information

Implementation Msxml.dll

Inherits from IDispatch

Header and IDL files Msxml.h, Dom.idl

Minimum availability Internet Explorer 5 Beta

Minimum operating systems Windows 95, Windows NT

appendChild	Appends newChild as the last child of this node.
attributes	Contains the list of attributes for this node.
childNodes	Contains a node list containing the children (for nodes that can have children).
cloneNode	Creates a new node that is an exact clone of this node.
firstChild	Contains the first child of this node.
hasChildNodes	Returns true if this node has children.
insertBefore	Inserts a child node to the left of the specified node or at the end of the list.
lastChild	Returns the last child node.
nextSibling	Contains the next sibling of this node in the parent's child list.
nodeName	Contains the qualified name of the element, attribute, or entity reference, or a fixed string for other node types.
nodeType	Specifies the DOM node type, which determines valid values and whether the node can have child nodes.
nodeValue	Contains the text associated with the node; depends on the node type.
ownerDocument	Returns the root of the document that contains this node.
parentNode	Contains the parent node (for nodes that can have parents).
previousSibling	Contains the left sibling of this node.
removeChild	Removes the specified child node from the list of children and returns it.
replaceChild	Replaces the specified old child node with the supplied new child node in the set of children of this node, and returns the old child node.

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