specified Property

Indicates whether the node (usually an attribute) is explicitly specified or derived from a default value in the DTD or schema.

Syntax

boolValue = oXMLDOMNode.specified

Remarks

Boolean. The property is read-only. Returns true if the attribute is explicitly specified in the element. Returns false if the attribute value comes from the DTD (document type definition) or schema.

This value depends on the value of the nodeType property:

NODE_ATTRIBUTE	Returns true if the attribute was specified directly on the element. Returns false for default attributes.
NODE_CDATA_SECTION , NODE_COMMENT , NODE_DOCUMENT , NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT , NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE , NODE_ELEMENT , NODE_ENTITY , NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE , NODE_NOTATION , NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION , NODE_TEXT	Returns true.

Applies To

IXMLDOMNode, IXTLRuntime

Does this content meet your programming needs? Write us!

Back to top