1XML::DOM::Document(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationXML::DOM::Document(3)
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NAME

6       XML::DOM::Document - An XML document node in XML::DOM
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DESCRIPTION

9       XML::DOM::Document extends XML::DOM::Node.
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11       It is the main root of the XML document structure as returned by
12       XML::DOM::Parser::parse and XML::DOM::Parser::parsefile.
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14       Since elements, text nodes, comments, processing instructions, etc.
15       cannot exist outside the context of a Document, the Document interface
16       also contains the factory methods needed to create these objects. The
17       Node objects created have a getOwnerDocument method which associates
18       them with the Document within whose context they were created.
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20   METHODS
21       getDocumentElement
22           This is a convenience method that allows direct access to the child
23           node that is the root Element of the document.
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25       getDoctype
26           The Document Type Declaration (see DocumentType) associated with
27           this document. For HTML documents as well as XML documents without
28           a document type declaration this returns undef. The DOM Level 1
29           does not support editing the Document Type Declaration.
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31           Not In DOM Spec: This implementation allows editing the doctype.
32           See XML::DOM::ignoreReadOnly for details.
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34       getImplementation
35           The DOMImplementation object that handles this document. A DOM
36           application may use objects from multiple implementations.
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38       createElement (tagName)
39           Creates an element of the type specified. Note that the instance
40           returned implements the Element interface, so attributes can be
41           specified directly on the returned object.
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43           DOMExceptions:
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45           ·   INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR
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47               Raised if the tagName does not conform to the XML spec.
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49       createTextNode (data)
50           Creates a Text node given the specified string.
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52       createComment (data)
53           Creates a Comment node given the specified string.
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55       createCDATASection (data)
56           Creates a CDATASection node given the specified string.
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58       createAttribute (name [, value [, specified ]])
59           Creates an Attr of the given name. Note that the Attr instance can
60           then be set on an Element using the setAttribute method.
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62           Not In DOM Spec: The DOM Spec does not allow passing the value or
63           the specified property in this method. In this implementation they
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66           Parameters:
67            value     The attribute's value. See Attr::setValue for details.
68                         If the value is not supplied, the specified property
69           is set to 0.
70            specified Whether the attribute value was specified or whether the
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72                         value was used. If not supplied, it's assumed to be
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75           DOMExceptions:
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77           ·   INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR
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79               Raised if the name does not conform to the XML spec.
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81       createProcessingInstruction (target, data)
82           Creates a ProcessingInstruction node given the specified name and
83           data strings.
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85           Parameters:
86            target  The target part of the processing instruction.
87            data    The data for the node.
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89           DOMExceptions:
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93               Raised if the target does not conform to the XML spec.
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95       createDocumentFragment
96           Creates an empty DocumentFragment object.
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98       createEntityReference (name)
99           Creates an EntityReference object.
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101   Additional methods not in the DOM Spec
102       getXMLDecl and setXMLDecl (xmlDecl)
103           Returns the XMLDecl for this Document or undef if none was
104           specified.  Note that XMLDecl is not part of the list of child
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107       setDoctype (doctype)
108           Sets or replaces the DocumentType.  NOTE: Don't use appendChild or
109           insertBefore to set the DocumentType.  Even though doctype will be
110           part of the list of child nodes, it is handled specially.
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112       getDefaultAttrValue (elem, attr)
113           Returns the default attribute value as a string or undef, if none
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116           Parameters:
117            elem    The element tagName.
118            attr    The attribute name.
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120       getEntity (name)
121           Returns the Entity with the specified name.
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123       createXMLDecl (version, encoding, standalone)
124           Creates an XMLDecl object. All parameters may be undefined.
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126       createDocumentType (name, sysId, pubId)
127           Creates a DocumentType object. SysId and pubId may be undefined.
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129       createNotation (name, base, sysId, pubId)
130           Creates a new Notation object. Consider using
131           XML::DOM::DocumentType::addNotation!
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133       createEntity (parameter, notationName, value, sysId, pubId, ndata)
134           Creates an Entity object. Consider using
135           XML::DOM::DocumentType::addEntity!
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137       createElementDecl (name, model)
138           Creates an ElementDecl object.
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140           DOMExceptions:
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144               Raised if the element name (tagName) does not conform to the
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147       createAttlistDecl (name)
148           Creates an AttlistDecl object.
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150           DOMExceptions:
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154               Raised if the element name (tagName) does not conform to the
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157       expandEntity (entity [, parameter])
158           Expands the specified entity or parameter entity (if parameter=1)
159           and returns its value as a string, or undef if the entity does not
160           exist.  (The entity name should not contain the '%', '&' or ';'
161           delimiters.)
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163       check ( [$checker] )
164           Uses the specified XML::Checker to validate the document.  If no
165           XML::Checker is supplied, a new XML::Checker is created.  See
166           XML::Checker for details.
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168       check_sax ( [$checker] )
169           Similar to check() except it uses the SAX interface to XML::Checker
170           instead of the expat interface. This method may disappear or
171           replace check() at some time.
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173       createChecker ()
174           Creates an XML::Checker based on the document's DTD.  The $checker
175           can be reused to check any elements within the document.  Create a
176           new XML::Checker whenever the DOCTYPE section of the document is
177           altered!
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