XML DOM lookupNamespaceURI() Method
Definition and Usage
The lookupNamespaceURI() method returns the namespace matching the specified prefix on the current node.
Syntax:
elementNode.lookupNamespaceURI(prefix)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| prefix | Required. String value, specifying the prefix to match. |
Example
In all examples, we will use the XML file books_ns.xml, and the JavaScript function loadXMLDoc().
The following code snippet finds the namespace matching the prefix "c" in the first <book> element:
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books_ns.xml");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book")[0];
document.write(x.lookupNamespaceURI("c"));
The output of the above code is:
http://www.codew3c.com/children/
