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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

by David Flanagan
November 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
936 pages
68h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Element.removeAttributeNS( ) — delete an attribute specified by name and namespace

Availability

DOM Level 2 Core

Synopsis

void removeAttributeNS(String namespaceURI, 
                       String localName);

Arguments

namespaceURI

The unique identifier of the namespace of the attribute, or null for no namespace.

localName

The name of the attribute within the specified namespace.

Throws

This method may throw a DOMException with a code of NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR if this element is read-only and does not allow its attributes to be removed.

Description

removeAttributeNS( ) works just like removeAttribute( ), except that the attribute to be removed is specified by name and namespace instead of simply by name. This method is useful only with XML documents that use namespaces.

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596000480Supplemental ContentCatalog PageErrata