XML DOM ownerDocument attribute

Element Object

Definition and Usage

ownerDocument The attribute returns the document object to which the selected element belongs.

Syntax

elementNode.ownerDocument

Example

The following code loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and retrieves the name and node type from the owner document of the first <title> element:

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("title")[0].ownerDocument;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
    "Nodename: " + x.nodeName +
    " (nodetype: " + x.nodeType + ")"
{}

Try It Yourself

Element Object