1XML::DOM::NodeList(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationXML::DOM::NodeList(3)
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6 XML::DOM::NodeList - A node list as used by XML::DOM
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9 The NodeList interface provides the abstraction of an ordered
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13 The items in the NodeList are accessible via an integral index,
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16 Although the DOM spec states that all NodeLists are "live" in that they
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23 Returns the indexth item in the collection. If index is greater
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28 The number of nodes in the list. The range of valid child node
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31 Additional methods not in the DOM Spec
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33 Removes all circular references in this NodeList and its
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