IDOMNode::get_nodeName Method

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

Syntax

HRESULT get_nodeName(
    BSTR * name);

Parameters

name

[out] Node name, which varies depending on the node type.

Return Value

Returns S_OK if successful, or an error code otherwise.

Remarks

This value depends on the value of the nodeType property:

NODE_ATTRIBUTE	The name of the attribute.
NODE_CDATA_SECTION	The literal string "#cdata-section".
NODE_COMMENT	The literal string "#comment".
NODE_DOCUMENT	The literal string "#document".
NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE	The name of the document type. For example, xxx in <!DOCTYPE xxx ...>.
NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT	The literal string "#document-fragment".
NODE_ELEMENT	The name of the XML tag, with any namespace prefix included if present.
NODE_ENTITY	The name of the entity.
NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE	The name of the entity referenced. Note that the name does not include the leading ampersand or the trailing semicolon. The name includes the namespace if one is present.
NODE_NOTATION	The name of the notation.
NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION	The target; the first token following the <? characters.
NODE_TEXT	The literal string "#text".

Returns the qualified name for the element, attribute, or entity reference. For example, returns xxx:yyy for the element <xxx:yyy>. The nodeName property always returns a non-empty string.

See Also

IDOMNode

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