nodeName Property
Returns the qualified name for attribute, document type, element, entity, or notation nodes. Returns a fixed string for all other node types. Read-only.
Script Syntax
strValue = oXMLDOMNode.nodeName;
Example
The following script example creates an IXMLDOMNode
object and displays its name.
var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject5.0("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0"); var currNode; xmlDoc.async = false; xmlDoc.load("books.xml"); if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) { var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError; alert("You have error " + myErr.reason); } else { currNode = xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes.item(0); alert(currNode.nodeName); }
Visual Basic Syntax
strValue = oXMLDOMNode.nodeName
Example
The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example creates an IXMLDOMNode
object and displays its name.
Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50 Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode xmlDoc.async = False xmlDoc.Load ("books.xml") If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then Dim myErr Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason) Else Set currNode = xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes.Item(0) MsgBox currNode.nodeName End If
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT get_nodeName( BSTR *name);
Parameters
- name [out, retval]
- Node name, which varies depending on the node type.
C/C++ Return Values
- S_OK
- Value returned if successful.
- E_INVALIDARG
- Value returned if the
name
parameter is Null.
Remarks
String. 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.
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". |
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See Also
Applies to: IXMLDOMAttribute | IXMLDOMCDATASection | IXMLDOMCharacterData | IXMLDOMComment | DOMDocument | IXMLDOMDocumentFragment | IXMLDOMDocumentType | IXMLDOMElement | IXMLDOMEntity | IXMLDOMEntityReference | IXMLDOMNode | IXMLDOMNotation | IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction | IXMLDOMText