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DOM Document xmlEncoding Property

Document Object Reference Document Object

The following code fragment uses the xml file: "books.xml".

Example

Return the encoding of the XML file:

xmlDoc.xmlEncoding;

The result will be:

ISO-8859-1

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Definition and Usage

The xmlEncoding property returns the xml encoding of an XML document.

This property is intended for XML documents, and wil not work properly for HTML documents.


Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The xmlEncoding property is only supported in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.


Syntax

XMLdocument.xmlEncoding

Technical Details

Return Value: A String, representing the XML document's xml encoding
DOM Version Core Level 3


Document Object Reference Document Object



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