XML by Example

}

return topLevel;

}

function resetAll(form,document)

{

var topLevel = document.documentElement;

document.removeChild(topLevel);

var output = form.output;

output.value = “”;

}

To create a new element in the XML document, the user enters the product

name and prices in dollars and in Euros and presses the

Create button. The

result is available in the text area. Figure 9.2 shows the result in a

browser.

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Creating a New Document with DOM

Figure 9.2: The application in a browser

Creating Nodes

The following application simply creates new DOM objects and inserts

them in the document tree. It takes care to insert the new elements in the

appropriate order. Except that ...