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| DOM Levels | ||||||
| DOM | Description | Browser Support | ||||
| DOM Level 0 | DOM Level 0 is roughly equivalent to the programming model developed in the mid 1990's by Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Internet Explorer 3.0 for use with HTML documents. DOM Level 0 is sometimes referred to as the basic model and is of interest to programmers who need a DOM that is compatible with early browser versions and who work primarily with HTML | Excellent: should be supported by all browsers and recent browser versions | ||||
| DOM Level 1 | DOM Level 1 finalized by the W3C in 1998 provides the model for representing basic document content. The DOM Level 1 specification is broken into two parts: Core and HTML. The Core specification provides a set of instructions for interacting with any structured document including XML, XHTML, or HTML. the HTML specifications provide additional instructions for interacting with HTML documents | Excellent: should be supported by all current browsers and recent browser versions | ||||
| DOM Level 2 | DOM Level 2 released in November 2000, extended DOM Level 1 by providing support for namespaces, Cascading Style Sheets, and user initiated actions, such as mouse clicks and key strokes. DOM Level 2 also provides more methods for manipulating the content and structure of a source document. DOM Level 2 is devided into six specifications: Core, Views, Events, Style, Traversal, Range, and HTML. | Very good: most (but not all) Level 2 specifications are supported by current browsers | ||||
| DOM Level 3 | DOM Level 3, released in April 2004, provides a framework for working with document loading and saving, as well as for working with DTDs and document validation. DOM Level 3 is divided into five specification: Core, Load and Save, Validation, Events, and XPath. | Minor: most current browsers provide little or no support | ||||
| Versions of MSXML | ||||
| MSXML version | Description | |||
| MSXML 1.0 | The first version of MSXML shipped with Internet Explorer 4.0; built on MSDOM, a Microsoft Document Object Model that predates the standards set in the W3C DOM | |||
| MSXML 2.0 | Released with Internet Explorer 5.0; provides partial support for the W3C DOM and XSL patterns | |||
| MSXML 2.6 | Released with Windows 2000; provides support for the W3C DOM, XSL patterns, Xpath and SAX version 2 | |||
| MSXML 3.0 | Released in November 2000; provides support for the W3C DOM, XSLT, Xpath, namespaces, and SAX version 2 | |||
| MSXML 4.0 | Released in October 2001, renamed Microsoft XML Core services; improved the performance of the MSXML parser and added support for XSD schemas, improved HTTP data access, and improved DOM-SAX integration | |||
| MSXML 5.0 | Released in 2003 with Office 2003; designed specifically for use with the Microsoft Office suite, adding support for XML digital signatures | |||
| MSXML 6.0 | Released in 2005 with SQL Server 2005; enhanced to eliminate security threats; some insecure features, such as DTDs and inline schemas, are turned off by default | |||
| Creating a document object | ||||
| For IE | ||||
| syntax: | docObj = new ActiveXObject(PID); | |||
| example: | XMLdoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml12.DOMDocument.3.0"); | |||
| PIDs | ||||
| Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0 | ||||
| Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0 | ||||
| Msxml2.DOMDocument.3.0 | ||||
| MSXML2.DOMDocument | ||||
| Microsoft.XMLDOM | ||||
| For Mozilla | ||||
| syntax: | docObj = document.implementation.createDocument(uri, root, doctype); | |||
| example: | XMLdoc = document.implementation.createDocument("http://1house.org", "persons", null); | |||
| example: | XMLdoc = document.implementation.createDocument("", "", null); | |||
| Creating node objects | ||||
| Method | Creates | |||
| docObj.createAttribute(attribute) | An attribute node named attribute | |||
| docObj.createAttributeNS(uri, qName) | An attribute node in the uri namespace with the qualified name qName | |||
| docObj.createCDATASection(text) | A CDATA section containing the text string text | |||
| docObj.createComment(text) | A comment node containing the text string text | |||
| docObj.createDocumentFragment() | An empty document fragment | |||
| docObj.createElement(tag) | An element node with the tag name tag | |||
| docObj.createElementNS(uri, qName) | An element node in the uri namespace with the qualified name qName | |||
| docObj.createEntityReference(entity) | An entity reference named entity | |||
| docObj.createProcessingInstruction(target, text) | A processing instruction node with a target named target and the text string text | |||
| docObj.createTextNode(text) | A text node containing the text string text | |||
| Inserting and removing nodes | ||||
| Method | Description | |||
| parent.appendChild(child) | Appends the child node child to the parent node parent | |||
| nodeObj.cloneNode(deep) | Clones the contents of nodeObj; if deep has the Boolean value true, all descendant nodes and their contents are also copied; if deep has the Boolean value false, no descendant nodes are copied | |||
| parent.insertBefore(new, old) | Inserts the new child node before the old child node | |||
| parent.removeChild(nodeObj) | Removes nodeObj from the parent node | |||
| parent.replaceChild(new, old) | Replaces the old child node with the new child node | |||
| Attribute methods | ||||
| Method | Description | |||
| nodeObj.getAttribute(attribute) | Returns the value of attribute | |||
| nodeObj.getAttributeNS(uri, attribute) | Returns the value of attribute within the namespace uri | |||
| nodeObj.getAttributeNode(attribute) | Returns the attribute node | |||
| nodeObj.getAttributeNodeNS(uri, attribute) | Returns the attribute node from within the namespace uri | |||
| nodeObj.removeAttribute(attribute) | Removes the attribute | |||
| nodeObj.removeAttributeNS(uri, attribute) | Removes the attribute within the samespace uri | |||
| nodeObj.removeAttributeNode(attribute) | Removes the attribute node | |||
| nodeObj.removeAttributeNodeNS(uri, attribute) | Removes the attribute node within the namespace uri | |||
| nodeObj.setAttribute(attribute, value) | Adds new attribute or changes the value of an existing attribute to value | |||
| nodeObj.setAttributeNS(uri, attribute, value) | Adds or modifies the attribute within the namespace uri | |||
| nodeObj.setAttributeNode(attribute) | Adds the attribute node | |||
| nodeObj.setAttributeNodeNS(uri, attribute) | Adds the attribute node within the namespace uri | |||
To create an object to represent the processor, run the following JavaScript command
// to create an object to represent the processor, run the following JavaScript command processorObj = templateObj.createProcessor(); // Example: XSLTProc = XSLTemp.createProcessor(); // where processorObj is a JavaScript object representing the XSLT processor and templateObj is a template object. |