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createDocumentFragment Method
Creates an empty IXMLDOMDocumentFragment object.
Script Syntax
var objXMLDOMDocumentFragment = oXMLDOMDocument.createDocumentFragment();
Return Value
An object. Returns the empty IXMLDOMDocumentFragment object.
Example
var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var docFragment;
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.loadXML("<root/>");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
docFragment = xmlDoc.createDocumentFragment();
docFragment.appendChild(xmlDoc.createElement("node1"));
docFragment.appendChild(xmlDoc.createElement("node2"));
docFragment.appendChild(xmlDoc.createElement("node3"));
alert(docFragment.xml);
xmlDoc.documentElement.appendChild(docFragment);
alert(xmlDoc.xml);
}
Visual Basic Syntax
Set objXMLDOMDocumentFragment = oXMLDOMDocument.createDocumentFragment
Return Value
An object. Returns the empty IXMLDOMDocumentFragment object.
Example
Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim docFragment As IXMLDOMDocumentFragment
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.loadXML "<root/>"
If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then
Dim myErr
Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason)
Else
Set docFragment = xmlDoc.createDocumentFragment()
docFragment.appendChild xmlDoc.createElement("node1")
docFragment.appendChild xmlDoc.createElement("node2")
docFragment.appendChild xmlDoc.createElement("node3")
MsgBox docFragment.xml
xmlDoc.documentElement.appendChild docFragment
MsgBox xmlDoc.xml
End If
C/C++ Syntax
HRESULT createDocumentFragment(
IXMLDOMDocumentFragment **docFrag);
Parameters
- docFrag [out, retval]
- The address of the empty
IXMLDOMDocumentFragment.
C/C++ Return Values
- S_OK
- The value returned if successful.
- E_INVALIDARG
- The value returned if the
docFragparameter is Null. - E_FAIL
- The value returned if an error occurs.
Remarks
Creating a document fragment with this method is the same as using createNode where the type parameter value is NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT and no namespace is specified. You cannot specify a namespace with the createDocumentFragment method.
Although this method creates the new object in the context of this document, it does not automatically add the new object to the document tree. In other words, although the ownerDocument property of the new node points to this document object, the parentNode property is set to Null. To add the new object, you must explicitly call one of the node insert methods, insertBefore method, replaceChild method, or appendChild method.
The nodeType property has the value NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT.
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See Also
createNode Method | ownerDocument Property | parentNode Property | nodeType property | insertBefore Method | replaceChild Method | appendChild Method | IXMLDOMDocumentFragment
Applies to: DOMDocument