XML by Example

• hasChildNodes() returns true if the node has children; false other-

wise.

CharacterData

CharacterData defines the following methods. These methods are inherited

by Text, Comment, and CDATASection:

• appendData(data) appends data at the end of the text.

• insertData(offset,data) inserts data in the current text starting at

offset.

• deleteData(offset,length) deletes length characters starting at

offset.

•

replaceData(offset,length,data) inserts data in place of the charac-

ters at offset for a length.

• substringData(offset,length) returns the characters starting at

offset for a length.

Element

Element has the following methods for manipulating the XML ...