XML DOM Methods

Method	Description
abort (DOMDocument)	Aborts an asynchronous download in progress.
abort (IXMLHTTPRequest)	Cancels the current HTTP request.
abort (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest)	Cancels the current HTTP request.
add	Adds a new schema to the schema collection and associates the given namespace URI with the specified schema.
addCollection	Adds schemas from another collection into the current collection and replaces any schemas that collide on the same namespace URI.
addObject	Adds objects to a style sheet.
addParameter	Adds parameters to a style sheet.
appendChild	Appends a new child node as the last child of the node.
appendData	Appends the supplied string to the existing string data.
clone	Clones a copy of the current `IXMLDOMSelection`, with the same position and context.
cloneNode	Clones a new node.
createAttribute	Creates a new attribute with the specified name.
createCDATASection	Creates a CDATA section node that contains the supplied data.
createComment	Creates a comment node that contains the supplied data.
createDocumentFragment	Creates an empty `IXMLDOMDocumentFragment` object.
createElement	Creates an element node using the specified name.
createEntityReference	Creates a new `EntityReference` object.
createNode	Creates a node using the supplied type, name, and namespace.
createProcessingInstruction	Creates a processing instruction node that contains the supplied target and data.
createProcessor	Creates a rental-model `IXSLProcessor` object that will use this template.
createTextNode	Creates a text node that contains the supplied data.
errorParameters	Returns the parameter value for a given index.
deleteData	Deletes specified data.
DllSetProperty	Sets a global property for the DLL.
get	Returns a read-only XML Document Object Model (DOM) node that contains the `<Schema>`element.
getAllResponseHeaders (IXMLHTTPRequest)	Retrieves the values of all the HTTP headers.
getAllResponseHeaders (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest)	Retrieves the values of all the HTTP headers.
getAttribute	Gets the value of the attribute.
getAttributeNode	Gets the attribute node.
getDeclaration	Returns the declaration of the DOM node that is sent to the function.
getElementsByTagName (DOMDocument)	Returns a collection of elements that have the specified name.
getElementsByTagName (IXMLDOMElement)	Returns a list of all descendant elements that match the supplied name.
getNamedItem	Retrieves the attribute with the specified name.
getOption	Returns the value of the specified option.
getProperty (IXMLDOMDocument2)	Returns the default properties.
getProperty (IXMLDOMSelection)	Returns a property.
getQualifiedItem Method	Returns the attribute with the specified namespace and attribute name.
getResponseHeader (IXMLHTTPRequest)	Retrieves the value of an HTTP header from the response body.
getResponseHeader (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest)	Retrieves the value of an HTTP header from the response body.
getSchema Method	Returns an `ISchema` object.
hasChildNodes	Provides a fast way to determine whether a node has children.
hasFeature	Indicates support for the specified feature.
importNode	Clones a node from a different DOM object.
insertBefore	Inserts a child node to the left of the specified node or at the end of the list.
insertData	Inserts a string at the specified offset.
item (IXMLDOMNodeList)	Allows random access to individual nodes within the collection.
item (IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap)	Allows random access to individual nodes within the collection.
load	Loads an XML document from the specified location.
loadXML	Loads an XML document using the supplied string.
matches	Checks if the node that is passed is contained in the current collection.
nextNode (IXMLDOMNodeList)	Returns the next node in the collection.
nextNode (IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap)	Returns the next node in the collection.
nodeFromID	Returns the node that matches the ID attribute.
normalize	Normalizes all descendant elements by combining two or more adjacent text nodes into one unified text node.
open (IXMLHTTPRequest)	Initializes an MSXML2.XMLHTTP request and specifies the method, URL, and authentication information for the request.
open (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest)	Initializes a request and specifies the method, URL, and authentication information for the request.
peekNode	Gets the next node that the `nextNode` method will return without advancing the list position.
remove	Removes the specified namespace from a collection.
removeAll	Removes all the nodes from the collection described by the `IXMLDOMSelection`.
removeAttribute	Removes or replaces the named attribute.
removeAttributeNode	Removes the specified attribute from this element.
removeChild	Removes the specified child node from the list of children and returns it.
removeNamedItem	Removes an attribute from the collection.
removeNext	Removes the next node.
removeQualifiedItem	Removes the attribute with the specified namespace and attribute name.
replaceChild	Replaces the specified old child node with the supplied new child node.
replaceData	Replaces the specified number of characters with the supplied string.
reset (IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap)	Resets the iterator.
reset (IXMLDOMNodeList)	Resets the iterator.
reset (IXMLDOMParseErrorCollection)	Resets the internal position to start, so that the `next` method will return the first error in the list.
reset (IXSLProcessor)	Resets the state of the processor to the state it was in prior to calling the `transform` method.
save	Saves an XML document to the specified location.
selectNodes	Applies the specified pattern-matching operation to this node's context and returns the list of matching nodes as `IXMLDOMNodeList`.
selectSingleNode	Applies the specified pattern-matching operation to this node's context and returns the first matching node.
send (IXMLHTTPRequest)	Sends an HTTP request to the server and receives a response.
send (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest)	Sends an HTTP request to the server and receives a response.
setAttribute	Sets the value of the named attribute.
setAttributeNode	Sets or updates the supplied attribute node on this element.
setNamedItem	Adds the supplied node to the collection.
setOption	Sets the specified option.
setProperty	Sets the `SelectionLanguage`, `ServerHTTPRequest`, `SelectionNamespaces` or `NewParser` internal properties (flags).
setProxy	Sets the proxy configuration.
setProxyCredentials	Sets the proxy authentication credentials.
setRequestHeader (IXMLHTTPRequest)	Specifies the name of an HTTP header.
setRequestHeader (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest)	Specifies the name of an HTTP header.
setStartMode	Performs a subset of a larger XSLT transformation by selecting the XSLT mode with which to start.
setTimeouts	Specifies timeout settings for resolving the domain name, establishing the connection to the server, sending the data, and receiving the response.
splitText	Splits this text node into two text nodes at the specified offset and inserts the new text node into the tree as a sibling that immediately follows this node.
substringData	Retrieves a substring of the full string from the specified range.
transform	Starts the transformation process or resumes a previously failed transformation.
transformNode	Processes this node and its children using the supplied XSL Transformations (XSLT) style sheet and returns the resulting transformation.
transformNodeToObject	Processes this node and its children using the supplied XSLT style sheet, and returns the resulting transformation in the supplied object.
validate	Performs run-time validation on the currently loaded document using the currently loaded DTD, schema, or schema collection.
validate (IXMLDOMSchemaCollection2/XMLDOMSchemaCollection	Performs run-time validation on the documents in the schema cache that have not been compiled and validated.
validateNode	Validates a specified DOM fragment.
waitForResponse	Allows the requesting server to suspend execution while waiting for an asynchronous send operation to complete.

XML DOM Properties

This section describes DOM property syntax.

Property	Description
allErrors	Returns a `parseErrorCollection` object containing all errors and warnings found during validation. Read-only.
async	Specifies whether asynchronous download is permitted. Read/write.
attributes	Contains the list of attributes for this node. Read-only.
baseName	Returns the base name for the name qualified with the namespace. Read-only.
childNodes	Contains a node list containing the child nodes. Read-only.
context	Gets the node (subtree) that is applied to the selection. Read/write.
data (IXMLDOMCharacterData)	Stores the node data depending on the node type. Read/write.
data (IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction)	Retrieves and sets the content of the processing instruction, excluding the target. Read/write.
dataType	Specifies the data type for this node. Read/write.
definition	Returns the definition of the node in the document type definition (DTD) or schema. Read-only.
doctype	Contains the document type node that specifies the document type definition (DTD) for this document. Read-only.
documentElement	Contains the root element of the document. Read/write.
entities	Contains a list of the entities declared in the `<!DOCTYPE>` declaration. Read-only.
errorCode	Contains the error code of the last parse error. Read-only.
errorParametersCount	Returns the number of error parameters used in an error message. Read-only.
errorXPath	Rturns an XPath expression that locates the node where an error occurred. Read-only.
expr	Gets or sets the XML Path Language (XPath) expression. Read/write.
filepos	Contains the absolute file position where the error occurred. Read-only.
firstChild	Contains the first child of the node. Read-only.
implementation	Contains the `IXMLDOMImplementation` object for the document. Read-only.
input	Specifies which XML input tree to transform. Read/write.
item	Returns the item from the collection with the specified index.
lastChild	Returns the last child node. Read-only.
length (IXMLDOMCharacterData)	Specifies the length, in characters, of the data. Read-only.
length (IXMLDOMNamedNodeMap)	Specifies the number of items in the collection. Read-only.
length (IXMLDOMNodeList)	Specifies the number of items in the collection. Read-only.
length (IXMLDOMParseErrorCollection)	Returns the number of items in the error collection. Read-only.
length (XMLSchemaCache/IXMLSchemaCollection)	Specifies the number of namespaces currently in the collection. Read-only.
line	Specifies the line number that contains the error. Read-only.
linepos	Specifies the character position within the line where the error occurred. Read-only.
name (IXMLDOMAttribute)	Contains the attribute name. Read-only.
name (IXMLDOMDocumentType)	Contains the name of the document type. Read-only.
namespaces	Returns the list of namespaces used in the document as `XMLSchemaCache`. Read-only.
namespaceURI (IXMLDOMNode)	Returns the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for the namespace. Read-only.
namespaceURI (XMLSchemaCache/IXMLDOMSchemaCollection)	Returns the namespace at the specified index. Read-only.
next	Returns the next item in the error collection object.
nextSibling	Contains the next sibling of the node in the parent's child list. Read-only.
nodeName	Returns the qualified name for attribute, document type, element, entity, or notation nodes. Returns a fixed string for all other node types. Read-only.
nodeType	Specifies the XML Document Object Model (DOM) node type, which determines valid values and whether the node can have child nodes. Read-only.
nodeTypedValue	Contains the node value expressed in its defined data type. Read/write
nodeTypeString	Returns the node type in string form. Read-only.
nodeValue	Contains the text associated with the node. Read/write.
notationName	Contains the notation name. Read-only.
notations	Contains a list of the `IXMLDOMNotation` members that are present in the document type declaration. Read-only.
ondataavailable	Specifies the event handler for the `ondataavailable` event. Write-only
onreadystatechange (DOMDocument)	Specifies the event handler to be called when the `readyState` property changes. Write-only.
onreadystatechange (IXMLHTTPRequest)	Specifies the event handler to be called when the `readyState` property changes. Write-only.
onreadystatechange (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest)	Specifies the event handler to be invoked when the `readyState` property changes. Write-only.
ontransformnode	Specifies the event handler for the `ontransformnode` event. Write-only.
output	Gets a custom output to write the result of the transformation. Read/write.
ownerDocument	Returns the root of the document that contains the node. Read-only.
ownerTemplate	Returns the style sheet template that was used to create `IXSLProcessor`. Read-only.
parentNode	Contains the parent node. Read-only.
parsed	Indicates the parsed status of the node and child nodes. Read-only.
parseError	Returns an `IXMLDOMParseError` object that contains information about the last parsing error. Read-only.
prefix	Returns the namespace prefix. Read-only.
preserveWhiteSpace	Specifies the default white space handling. Read/write.
previousSibling	Contains the previous sibling of the node in the parent's child list. Read-only.
publicId (IXMLDOMEntity)	Contains the public identifier associated with the entity. Read-only.
publicId (IXMLDOMNotation)	Contains the public identifier for the notation. Read-only.
readyState (DOMDocument)	Indicates the current state of the XML document. Read-only.
readyState (IXMLHTTPRequest)	Represents the state of the request. Read-only.
readyState (IXSLProcessor)	Returns the current state of the processor. Read-only.
readyState (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerHTTPRequest)	Represents the state of the request. Read-only.
reason	Describes the reason for the error. Read-only.
resolveExternals	Indicates whether external definitions, resolvable namespaces, document type definition (DTD) external subsets, and external entity references, are to be resolved at parse time, independent of validation. Read/write.
responseBody (IXMLHTTPRequest)	Represents only one of several forms in which the HTTP response can be returned. Read-only.
responseBody (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest)	Represents the response entity body as an array of unsigned bytes. Read-only.
responseStream (IXMLHttpRequest)	Represents only one of several forms in which the HTTP response can be returned. Read-only.
responseStream (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest)	Represents the response entity body as an `IStream`. Read-only.
responseText (IXMLHTTPRequest)	Represents the response entity body as a string. Read-only.
responseText (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest)	Represents the response entity body as a string. Read-only.
responseXML (IXMLHTTPRequest)	Represents the parsed response entity body. Read-only.
responseXML (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest)	Represents the response entity body as parsed by MSXML. Read-only.
schemas	Finds schema documents during `load`. Read/write.
specified	Indicates whether the node is explicitly specified or derived from a default value in the DTD or schema. Read-only.
srcText	Returns the full text of the line containing the error. Read-only.
startMode	Returns the base name part of the start mode, a qualified name.
startModeURI	Returns the namespace URI part of the start mode, the qualified name. Read-only.
status (IXMLHTTPRequest)	Represents the HTTP status code returned by a request. Read-only.
status (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest)	Represents the HTTP status code returned by a request. Read-only.
statusText (IXMLHTTPRequest)	Represents the HTTP response line status. Read-only.
statusText (ServerXMLHTTP/IServerXMLHTTPRequest)	Represents the HTTP response line status. Read-only.
stylesheet (IXSLProcessor)	Provides the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) style sheet that is to be compiled into the XSL template. Read-only.
stylesheet (IXSLTemplate)	Returns the XSL style sheet to be compiled into an XSL template. Read-only.
systemId (IXMLDOMEntity)	Contains the system identifier for the entity. Read-only.
systemId (IXMLDOMNotation)	Contains the system identifier for the notation. Read-only.
tagName	Contains the element name. Read-only.
target	Specifies the target for the processing instruction. Read-only.
text	Represents the text content of the node or the concatenated text representing the node and its descendants. Read-only.
url (DOMDocument)	Returns the URL for the last loaded XML document. Read-only.
url (IXMLDOMParseError)	Contains the URL of the XML document containing the last error. Read-only.
validateOnLoad	Indicates whether the schema will be compiled and validated when it is loaded into the schema cache. Read/write.
validateOnParse	Indicates whether the parser should validate this document. Read/write.
value	Contains the attribute value. Read/write.
xml	Contains the XML representation of the node and all its descendants. Read-only.