XML DOM localName property
Element object Definition and Usage
localName property returns the local name (element name) selected element.
If the node is not an element or attribute is selected, this property returns NULL.
grammar
elementNode.localName
Example 1
The following code fragment uses loadXMLDoc () to " the Books.xml " into xmlDoc and made a local name from the first <book> element:
Examples
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[0];
document.write(x.localName);
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[0];
document.write(x.localName);
The code above will output:
book
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Example 2
The following code fragment uses loadXMLDoc () to " the Books.xml " into xmlDoc and made a local name from the last child node:
Examples
//check if the last node is an element node
function get_lastchild(n)
{
x=n.lastChild;
while (x.nodeType!=1)
{
x=x.previousSibling;
}
return x;
}
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x=xmlDoc.documentElement;
lastNode=get_lastchild(x);
document.write(lastNode.localName);
function get_lastchild(n)
{
x=n.lastChild;
while (x.nodeType!=1)
{
x=x.previousSibling;
}
return x;
}
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x=xmlDoc.documentElement;
lastNode=get_lastchild(x);
document.write(lastNode.localName);
The code above will output:
book
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Element object