XML DOM documentElement Property
 Complete Document Object Reference
Definition and Usage
The documentElement property returns the root node of the document.
Syntax
documentObject.documentElement
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Example
The following code fragment loads "books.xml"
into xmlDoc using
loadXMLDoc() and displays the location of the XML document:
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x=xmlDoc.documentElement;
document.write("Nodename: " + x.nodeName + "<br />");
document.write("Nodevalue: " + x.nodeValue + "<br />");
document.write("Nodetype: " + x.nodeType);
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Output:
Nodename: bookstore
Nodevalue: null
Nodetype: 1
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Try-It-Yourself Demos
Get the
root element of the XML document
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