XML DOM getElementsByTagNameNS() Method
Complete Element Object Reference
Definition and Usage
The getElementsByTagNameNS() method returns a NodeList of all elements with a
specified name and namespace.
Syntax
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elementNode.getElementsByTagNameNS(ns,name)
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| Parameter |
Description |
| ns |
A string that specifies the namespace to search for.
The value "*" matches all tags |
| name |
A string that specifies the tagname to search for. The
value "*" matches all tags |
In all examples, we will use the XML file
books_ns.xml, and the JavaScript function
loadXMLDoc().
Example
The following code fragment gets an element by tag name and namespace:
Example
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books_ns.xml");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagNameNS("http://www.w3schools.com/children/","title");
document.write(x[0].nodeName);
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Output:
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