nodeName Property
Contains the qualified name of the element, attribute, or entity reference, or a fixed string for other node types.
strValue = oXMLDOMNode.nodeName;
HRESULT get_nodeName(
BSTR* name
);
General Remarks
The property is read-only and always contains a non-empty string. The nodeName property contains the qualified name for the element, attribute, or entity reference. For example, it returns xxx:yyy for the element <xxx:yyy>.
The node name value varies, depending on the nodeType property.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| NODE_ATTRIBUTE | Contains the name of the attribute. |
| NODE_CDATA_SECTION | Contains the literal string "#cdata-section". |
| NODE_COMMENT | Contains the literal string "#comment". |
| NODE_DOCUMENT | Contains the literal string "#document". |
| NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE | Contains the name of the document type; for example, xxx in <!DOCTYPE xxx ...>. |
| NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT | Contains the literal string "#document-fragment". |
| NODE_ELEMENT | Contains the name of the XML tag, with any namespace prefix included if present. |
| NODE_ENTITY | Contains the name of the entity. |
| NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE | Contains the name of the entity referenced. Note that the name does not include the leading ampersand or the trailing semicolon. The name includes the namespace if one is present. |
| NODE_NOTATION | Contains the name of the notation. |
| NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION | Contains the target; the first token following the <? characters. |
| NODE_TEXT | Contains the literal string "#text". |
This property applies to the following objects and interfaces:
IXMLDOMAttribute, IXMLDOMCDATASection, IXMLDOMCharacterData, IXMLDOMComment, DOMDocument, IXMLDOMDocumentFragment, IXMLDOMDocumentType, IXMLDOMElement, IXMLDOMEntity, IXMLDOMEntityReference, IXMLDOMNode, IXMLDOMNotation, IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction, IXMLDOMText, and IXTLRuntime.
See Also
Last updated on Saturday, April 10, 2004
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