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Section 25.57. Document.addEventListener( ): see Element.addEventListener( )

25.57. Document.addEventListener( ): see Element.addEventListener( )

25.58. Document.attachEvent( ): see Element.attachEvent( )

25.59. Document.createAttribute( ): create a new Attr node

DOM Level 1 Core:

25.59.1. Synopsis

Attr createAttribute(String


name


)
    tHRows DOMException;

25.59.1.1. Arguments

name: The name for the newly created attribute.

25.59.1.2. Returns

A newly created Attr node with its nodeName property set to name .

25.59.1.3. Throws

This method throws a DOMException with a code of INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR if name contains an illegal character.

25.59.2. See Also

Attr , Element.setAttribute( ) , Element.setAttributeNode( )

25.60. Document.createAttributeNS( ): create an Attr with a name and namespace

DOM Level 2 Core:

25.60.1. Synopsis

Attr createAttributeNS(String


namespaceURI


,
                       String


qualifiedName


)
    throws DOMException;

25.60.1.1. Arguments

namespaceURI: The unique identifier of the namespace for the Attr or null for no namespace.
qualifiedName: The qualified name of the attribute, which should include a namespace prefix, a colon , and a local name.

25.60.1.2. Returns

A newly created Attr node with the specified name and namespace.

25.60.1.3. Throws

This method may throw a DOMException with one of the following code values in the following circumstances:

INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: qualifiedName contains an illegal character.
NAMESPACE_ERR: qualifiedName is malformed or there is a mismatch between qualifiedName and namespaceURI .
NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: The implementation does not support XML documents and therefore does not implement this method.

25.60.2. Description

createAttributeNS( ) is just like createAttribute( ) , except that the created Attr node has a name and namespace instead of just a name. This method is useful only with XML documents that use namespaces.

25.61. Document.createCDATASection( ): create a new CDATASection node

DOM Level 1 Core:

25.61.1. Synopsis

CDATASection createCDATASection(String


data


)
    tHRows DOMException;

25.61.1.1. Arguments

data: The text of the CDATASection to create.

25.61.1.2. Returns

A newly created CDATASection node, with the specified data as its contents.

25.61.1.3. Throws

If the document is an HTML document, this method throws a DOMException with a code of NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR because HTML documents do not allow CDATASection nodes.

25.62. Document.createComment( ): create a new Comment node

DOM Level 1 Core:

25.62.1. Synopsis

Comment createComment(String


data


);

25.62.1.1. Arguments

data: The text of the Comment node to create.

25.62.1.2. Returns

A newly created Comment node, with the specified data as its text.

25.63. Document.createDocumentFragment( ): create a new, empty DocumentFragment node

DOM Level 1 Core:

25.63.1. Synopsis

DocumentFragment createDocumentFragment( );

25.63.1.1. Returns

A newly created DocumentFragment node with no children.

25.64. Document.createElement( ): create a new Element node

DOM Level 1 Core:

25.64.1. Synopsis

Element createElement(String


tagName


)
    tHRows DOMException;

25.64.1.1. Arguments

tagName: The tag name of the Element to be created. Since HTML tags are case-insensitive, you may use any capitalization for HTML tag names. XML tag names are case-sensitive.