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The Node Interface

The node interface is the key interface of DOM. Everything in a document can be considered a node, including the document itself. Because of its importance, the node interface is examined in some detail in this section.

Here are the read-only attributes of the node interface:

• nodeName

• nodeValue

• nodeType

• parentNode

• childNodes

• firstChild

• lastChild

• previousSibling

• nextSibling

• attributes

• ownerDocument

Here are the methods of the node interface:

• insertBefore()

• replaceChild()

• removeChild()

• appendChild()

• hasChildNodes()

• cloneNode()

Note that all these attributes and methods are case-sensitive.

Attributes of the Node Interface

The node interface contains the most attributes and methods of all ...