XMLDocument Property

Retrieves a reference to the XML Document Object Model (DOM) exposed by the object.

Syntax

HTML N/A
Scripting [ oXMLObject = ] object.XMLDocument

Possible Values

oXMLObject Object that specifies a reference to the XML DOM exposed by the object.
The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Remarks

XMLDocument is the default property, and therefore specifying it is optional. The XMLDocument property is useful when passing an entire XML document to a method that requires an IXMLDOMNode parameter, such as the IXMLDOMNode::transformNode method. The XML data island itself (denoted by the <XML> tag) is considered an html element rather than an>xml element. The XMLDocument property provides access to the root of the XML tree within the data island.
For a complete description of the XML DOM exposed by the XMLDocument property, see the>XML DOM Reference.

Example

This example uses the XMLDocument property to access the object model of an xml data island.

<SCRIPT>
function fnCheck(){
   var oNode = oMetaData.XMLDocument.selectSingleNode
       ("METADATA/ABSTRACT");
   alert(oNode.text);
}
</SCRIPT>

<XML ID="oMetaData">
  <METADATA>
     <AUTHOR>John Smith</AUTHOR>
     <GENERATOR>Visual Notepad</GENERATOR>
     <PAGETYPE>Reference</PAGETYPE>
     <ABSTRACT>Specifies a data island</ABSTRACT>
  </METADATA>
</XML>

<INPUT TYPE=button VALUE="Test" onclick="fnCheck()">

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

document, XML