XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

DOMConfiguration(3)

Synopsis

This interface is accessible through the domConfig attribute of a given DOM Document object. This object is essentially a list of configuration options that affect how documents are loaded, saved, and validated by the DOM implementation. By using the setParameter( ) method to modify these options, it is possible to change the behavior of the Document.normalize( ) method. For example, by setting the "entities" parameter to false, subsequent calls to the Document.normalize( ) method would cause all EntityReference nodes to be replaced with their replacement text and coalesced with adjacent Text nodes. The following table lists the valid parameters for the DOMConfiguration object:

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
canonical-form	true	Canonicalize the document per the Canonical XML specification. Duplicate namespace declarations are removed, and other changes are made to reduce the document to its simplest possible form. Setting this parameter to true automatically sets the following parameters: cdata-sections: false element-content-whitespace: true entities: false namespace-declarations: true namespaces: true normalize-characters: false well-formed: true
	false[1]	Do not canonicalize.
cdata-sections	true[1]	Keep CDataSection nodes intact.
	false	Transform CDataSection nodes into Text nodes and coalesce redundant Text nodes as necessary.
check-character-normalization	true	Check that the characters in the document are fully normalized per Appendix B of the XML ...