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Python & XML
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Python & XML

by Christopher A. Jones, Fred L. Drake
December 2001
Intermediate to advanced
380 pages
11h 54m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

NamedNodeMap

Synopsis

This interface is similar to a NodeList, but its designed to allow the accessing of nodes from the list by name. Nodes are not guaranteed to be in any particular order within the map. This interface is not defined in terms of the Node interface.

length

The number of nodes in the map. As with the NodeList, if length is 10 then actual indexes are 0 through 9.

getNamedItem( name )

This method retrieves the node specified by the parameter name. The node is returned if found, or None is returned if not.

getNamedItemNS( namespaceURI, localName )

This method returns a node matching both the localName and namespaceURI supplied as parameters.

item( index )

Returns the node at position index, or None if index is out of range.

removeNamedItem( name )

Removes the node specified by name. If the node is an Attr (XML attribute) and has a default value (as specified in the DTD), the default value is then substituted and keeps the same namespace URI, local name, and prefix. The removed node is returned.

removeNamedItemNS( namespaceURI, localName )

Identical to removeNamedItem, with one exception: the search criteria includes the namespaceURI as well as the localName to match a node from the map. The removed node is returned.

setNamedItem( arg )

The first parameter, arg, is expected to be a node object. If a node with the same name already exists, it is replaced with the new one, and the old one is returned. A value of None is returned if nodes are added, but not replaced.

setNamedItemNS( ...
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