Tech Stuff - DOM nodeName attribute
W3C Core Reference. Part of the Node Interface
nodeName attribute
Returns a string defining the name of this node (see list below). One of the 'terrible twins' (the other is nodeType) for figuring out what you've got your sticky hands on.
Syntax
string = object.nodeName;
Related Stuff
nodeType attribute
Values
nodeName returns a value based on the nodeType as follows:
| nodeType |
Returns |
| ELEMENT_NODE = 1 |
tag name e.g. "BODY" |
| ATTRIBUTE_NODE = 2 |
name of attribute e.g. "href" |
| TEXT_NODE = 3 |
"#text" |
| CDATA_SECTION_NODE = 4 |
"#cdata-section" |
| ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE = 5 |
name of entity referenced |
| ENTITY_NODE = 6 |
entity name |
| PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE = 7 |
entire processing instruction (inc. target) |
| COMMENT_NODE = 8 |
"#comment" |
| DOCUMENT_NODE = 9 |
"#document" |
| DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE = 10 |
document type name e.g. "XHTML" or "HTML" |
| DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE = 11 |
"#document-fragment" |
| NOTATION_NODE = 12 |
notation name |
Examples
// get node list
children = document.childNodes;
// use nodelist methods or attributes to access
for(i = 0; i < children.length; i++)
{
if(children[i].nodeType == 1)
{
// check its type if element
if(children[i].nodeName == "table")
{
// do some more stuff
}
}
else
{
if(children[i].nodeName == "#text")
{
// simple text node
}
// etc.
}
}
Notes:
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