XML by Example

Text

Text inherits its properties and methods from CharacterData. It defines one

new method for manipulating the XML document:

splitText(offset) splits the Text object in two Text objects. The new

objects replace the existing one in the tree.

Creating a New Document with DOM

In most cases, applications use DOM to modify existing documents.

However, DOM can also create documents from scratch as Listings 9.4 and

9.5 illustrate.

Listing 9.4: HTML for Price List Creation

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>Price List Editor</TITLE>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”JavaScript” SRC=”createlist.js”></SCRIPT>

</HEAD>

<BODY>

<CENTER>

<FORM ID=”controls”>

Product name: <INPUT TYPE=”TEXT” NAME=”name”> ...