org.w3c.dom.html
public interface HTMLCollection
HTMLCollection
is a list of nodes. An individual node may
be accessed by either ordinal index or the node's name
or
id
attributes. Note: Collections in the HTML DOM are assumed
to be live meaning that they are automatically updated when the
underlying document is changed.
See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification (Second Edition).
Method Summary | |
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int | getLength()
This attribute specifies the length or size of the list. |
Node | item(int index)
This method retrieves a node specified by ordinal index. |
Node | namedItem(String name)
This method retrieves a Node using a name. |
Parameters: index The index of the node to be fetched. The index origin is 0.
Returns: The Node
at the corresponding position upon
success. A value of null
is returned if the index is
out of range.
Node
using a name. It first
searches for a Node
with a matching id
attribute. If it doesn't find one, it then searches for a
Node
with a matching name
attribute, but
only on those elements that are allowed a name attribute.Parameters: name The name of the Node
to be fetched.
Returns: The Node
with a name
or
id
attribute whose value corresponds to the specified
string. Upon failure (e.g., no node with this name exists), returns
null
.