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DOM:element.nodePrincipal

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This article covers features introduced in Firefox 3

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[edit] Summary

nodePrincipal returns the nsIPrincipal object representing current security context of the node.

Note: This property exists on all nodes (HTML, XUL, SVG, MathML, etc.), but only if the script trying to use it has UniversalXPConnect privileges.

[edit] Syntax

principalObj = element.nodePrincipal

[edit] Notes

This property is read-only; attempting to write to it will throw an exception. In addition, this property may only be accessed from privileged code.

[edit] Specification

Not in any specification.