XML DOM hasChildNodes() Method

Definition and Usage

If the specified node has any child nodes, then hasChildNodes() The method returns true otherwise returns false.

Syntax

nodeObject.hasChildNodes()

Parameters

None.

Technical Details

Example

The following code loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and returns whether the first <book> element has any child nodes:

var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
   if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
       myFunction(this);
   }
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
    var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    var x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book')[0];
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
    x.hasChildNodes();
}

Try It Yourself

Browser Support

All mainstream browsers support hasChildNodes() Methods.