XML DOM createElementNS() Method
Definition and Usage
The createElementNS() method can create an element node with a specified namespace.
This method can return an Element object.
Syntax:
createElementNS(ns,name)
| Parameters | Description |
|---|---|
| ns | The string value can specify the name of the namespace for this element node. |
| name | The string value can specify the name of this element node. |
Description
createElementNS() method is similar to createElement() methodSimilar, but it creates an Element node that has a specified namespace in addition to the specified name. This method is only used for XML documents that use namespaces.
Examples
In all examples, we will use XML files books.xml, as well as JavaScript functions loadXMLDoc().
The following code snippet can add an element node with a specified namespace to each <book>:
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
var x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
var newel,newtext;
for (i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
newel=xmlDoc.createElementNS('p','edition');
newtext=xmlDoc.createTextNode('First');
newel.appendChild(newtext);
x[i].appendChild(newel);
}
