DOMImplementation: createDocument() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The DOMImplementation.createDocument()
method creates and
returns an XMLDocument
.
Syntax
createDocument(namespaceURI, qualifiedName)
createDocument(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, documentType)
Parameters
namespaceURI
-
A string containing the namespace URI of the document to be created, or
null
if the document doesn't belong to one. qualifiedName
-
A string containing the qualified name, that is an optional prefix and colon plus the local root element name, of the document to be created. A
null
value is treated the same as the empty string (""
). documentType
Optional-
Is the
DocumentType
of the document to be created. It defaults tonull
.
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
const doc = document.implementation.createDocument(
"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml",
"html",
null,
);
const body = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", "body");
body.setAttribute("id", "abc");
doc.documentElement.appendChild(body);
alert(doc.getElementById("abc")); // [object HTMLBodyElement]
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-domimplementation-createdocument② |
Browser compatibility
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- Full support
- Full support
See also
- The
DOMImplementation
interface it belongs to.